--- title: "Bishops Lydeard – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Bishops Lydeard from Bristol, London and Birmingham, West Midlands: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Bishops Lydeard…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bishops-lydeard" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bishops-lydeard.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Bishops_Lydeard_railway_station_MMB_17_4160.jpg/1920px-Bishops_Lydeard_railway_station_MMB_17_4160.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![Bishops Lydeard](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Bishops_Lydeard_railway_station_MMB_17_4160.jpg/1920px-Bishops_Lydeard_railway_station_MMB_17_4160.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) # Bishops Lydeard Bishops Lydeard is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Taunton. [Plan a trip to Bishops Lydeard](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bishops%20Lydeard) [From Bristol](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Bishops+Lydeard) ## Every way there - Bristol → Bishops Lydeard 60 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £8–10 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-bishops-lydeard) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Bishops+Lydeard) - London → Bishops Lydeard 219 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £23–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-bishops-lydeard) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Bishops+Lydeard) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Bishops Lydeard 184 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £21–28 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-bishops-lydeard) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Bishops+Lydeard) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Bishops Lydeard, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Bishops Lydeard](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bishops-lydeard) What Bishops Lydeard has - Y Scheduled flights Cardiff (CWL), 39 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 3 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 51.062°, -3.187° The civil parish encompasses the hamlets of East Lydeard and Terhill, and had a population of 2,839 persons as recorded in the 2011 census; this figure, however, includes the village of Cotford St Luke. Get in ## Getting to Bishops Lydeard The nearest airports are at Bristol Airport (BRS IATA), to the north-west and Exeter Airport (EXT IATA), to the south-west, both about 35 mi (56 km) away. By road, leave the M5 motorway at exit 25. Taunton has a railway station on the main line from London Paddington (typical journey time 2 hr 5 min) to Exeter (25 min), Plymouth (1 hr 30 min), and Penzance (3 hr 40 min). Bristol is 35 min away by rail. See ## Worth seeing 1. Museum of Somerset Castle Green, TA1 4AA, county-museums@somerset.gov.uk. 2. Hestercombe House and Gardens This is one of the finest examples of the world-renowned partnership between garden designer Gertrude Jekyll and architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. 3. County Classics Motor Museum 52-53 North Street, TA1 1ND,. Do ## Things to do 1. Brewhouse Theatre Coal Orchard TA1 1JL,. 2. County Ground St James St TA1 1JT (just east of river). 3. Taunton Racecourse Orchard Portman TA3 7BL (B3170 two miles south of town), info@tauntonracecourse.co.uk. Eat ## Where to eat All of the major fast food chains are represented, including two branches each of Subway and McDonald's. The town has a range of coffee shops, including the major chains Starbucks, Costa and Caffè Nero. 1. Pizza Express Castle Bow Restaurant, in Castle Hotel, see Sleep,. 2. The Barn How locals move ## Getting around Bishops Lydeard the local way - Get in Within the West Country itself are two seaports offering international ferry services: Plymouth receives ferries from Roscoff and St Malo in France, and Santander in Spain, while Poole receives ferries from Cherbourg and St Malo in France, plus Santander and the Channel Islands. From [Wikivoyage: West Country](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/West_Country), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-06. 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