Yeovil

Worth seeing in and around Yeovil

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Huish Park

   Huish Park is a football stadium located in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The stadium has been home to Yeovil Town F.C. since its completion in 1990, following their relocation from Huish.

   3.1 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Montacute House

   Montacute House is a late Elizabethan mansion in Montacute, South Somerset, England. An example of English architecture created during a period that was moving from the medieval Gothic to the more classically-inspired Renaissance style, Montacute is one of the few prodigy houses to have survived almost unchanged from the Elizabethan era.

   5.8 km · Late Elizabethan mansion with garden in Montacute, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Vincent, Ashington

   The Anglican Church of St Vincent at Ashington in the civil parish of Chilton Cantelo, Somerset, England, is from the 13th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

   5.8 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil

   The Church of St John the Baptist in Yeovil, Somerset, is a Church of England parish church. The church was built between 1380 and 1405, but was renovated in the 1850s.

   100 m · church in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Brympton House

   Brympton d'Evercy is a Grade I listed manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. The house has been called the most beautiful of its kind in England; in 1927, Christopher Hussey, near the start of a 50-year career as an architectural authority, termed it "the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities." The house has belonged to six families since its construction: the D'Evercys, Stourtons, Sydenhams, Fanes, Weeks, and Glossops.

   3.7 km · Grade I listed building in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Mary

   The Anglican Church of St Mary in Chilthorne Domer, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   4.6 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   All Saints' Church, Yeovil Marsh

   All Saints Church is a Church of England church in Yeovil Marsh, Somerset, England. It was designed by Charles Benson and built at the expense of George Bullock in 1869–70.

   3 km · church building in Yeovil Without, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of St Andrew

   The Church of St Andrew in Thorne Coffin, Somerset, England, was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   3.4 km · church in Thorne Coffin, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St James with Its South Boundary Wall

   The Church of St James in Preston Plucknett, Somerset, England, was built in 1420. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   2.2 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of Saint Mary Magdalene

    The Anglican Church of St Mary Magdalene in Barwick, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.2 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Jack the Treacle Eater

   BA22 9TB.

2. 02
   Tintinhull Garden

   Farm Street, Tintinhull, BA22 8PZ (4 miles north west of Yeovil), tintinhull@nationaltrust.org.uk.

3. 03
   Museum of South Somerset
4. 04
   Fleet Air Arm Museum

   Ilchester, BA22 8HW (7 miles north of Yeovil), Fleetairarm.enquiries@nmrn.org.uk.

5. 05
   Haynes International Motor Museum

   Sparkford, BA22 7LH (9 miles North of Yeovil), visitus@himm.co.uk.

6. 06
   Abbey Farm House

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Things to do

Football:

1. 01
   Yeovil Town FC

   They were promoted in 2024 and now play soccer in the National League, the fifth tier.

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Getting to Yeovil

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 49 km · Cardiff (CWL), 71 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 162 km

Stations

Yeovil Junction railway station, 2.4 km · Thornford railway station, 5.1 km · Yeovil Pen Mill railway station, 1.4 km · Yeovil Town railway station, 600 m

• Bristol → Yeovil

  57 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £7–9
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• Cardiff → Yeovil

  71 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £13–18
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• London → Yeovil

  186 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £19–25
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