Zeals

Worth seeing in and around Zeals

5 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
   Stourhead

   Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire, extending into Somerset. The estate is about 4 km northwest of the town of Mere and includes a Grade I listed 18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, one of the most famous gardens in the English landscape garden style, farmland, and woodland.

   2.4 km · Grade I listed British house and garden in Wiltshire, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Castle Hill

   Castle Hill, also called Mere Castle, was a medieval fortification built by Richard, the Earl of Cornwall, in 1253 on a hill overlooking the town of Mere, Wiltshire, England. The castle was constructed in stone, with six towers, inner buildings and gates.

   3 km · castle in Mere, Wiltshire · Wikipedia
3. 03
   White Sheet Hill

   White Sheet Hill, also known as Whitesheet Hill, is a hill in the English county of Wiltshire. As one of the most westerly areas of downland in Britain the area is noted for its chalky farmland which contains a rich variety of rare and protected fauna and flora.

   3.7 km · hill near Mere, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Cockroad Wood Castle

   Cockroad Wood Castle was a castle near Wincanton but now in the parish of Charlton Musgrove, Somerset, England.

   3.4 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Charlton Musgrove, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Michael and All Angels

   The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels in Penselwood, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   2.4 km · historic church in Penselwood, Somerset, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Zeals

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 43 km · Cardiff (CWL), 80 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 136 km

• Bristol → Zeals

  46 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £5–7
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• Cardiff → Zeals

  75 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £12–15
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• London → Zeals

  159 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £16–21
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zeals. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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