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Located in Cranmore, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 3.0 miles away.
Five mile round trip on a steam train in the Mendip Hills AONB. Walks, shop, cafe, children's playground. Includes a museum exploring the 150 year history of the East Somersert Railway...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 4.4 miles away.
Home to the Bishops of Bath and Wells for around eight hundred years. Next to Wells Cathedral. Surrounded by a moat and high walls with gatehouse and drawbridge. Fourteen acres of gardens including St.Andrew's Spring fro...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 4.4 miles away.
Seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. West front contains amongst the finest collection of statuary in Europe. Famous for scissor arches inside the cathedral that support its central tower. Begun in 1180. Wells Cathedral...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 4.4 miles away.
One of the oldest streets in Europe still in existence. Built to provide homes for the Vicars' Choir. Dates from early fifteenth century. Original cobblestoned surface. Close by Wells Cathedral Chapter House...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 4.5 miles away.
Excellent local museum covering Wells City and The Mendips. Opened 1930. Formerly a canonical house, home to Chancellor. Among exhibits, the stuffed body of the first swan to ring the moat bell at the Bishop's gatehouse...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 4.7 miles away.
Often mistaken for the cathedral, Wells St Cuthbert's is Somerset's largest church. Built in fifteenth century on site of previous churches (Saxon, Norman, early English). Excellent example of Somerset Perpendicular chur...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 4.7 miles away.
Bricke's Almshouses was founded in 1637 by Walter Bricke. There are a number of almshouses around Wells St Cuthbert's Church. A short walk from Wells Cathedral, Bishop's Palace and Vicar's Close...
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Located in Wookey Hole, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 6.0 miles away.
Extremely popular South West England tourist attraction. Caves used by humans for 50,000 years. Formed by action of the River Axe on the limestone hills. Located in the Mendip Hills AONB near Wells City and Cheddar Gorge...
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Located in Glastonbury, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.3 miles away.
Reputedly the birthplace of King Arthur. Glastonbury Tor offers stunning views across Somerset. With evidence of neolithic tools, it is believed the site has been occupied since prehistory. There have been a fort and sev...
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Located in Nunney, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.4 miles away.
Beseiged and partly destroyed during The English Civil War. Nunney Castle was abandoned in the seventeenth century. Built in the French style in the fourteenth century. Said to have been based on the Bastille in Paris. T...
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Located in Nunney, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.5 miles away.
Characteristic Somerset Perpendicular tower. Dating from the twelfth century. Remodelled in the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. A short walk from the impressive ruin of Nunney Castle. Medieval wall painting...
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Located in Glastonbury, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.8 miles away.
Excellent, free local museum with the magnificent Glastonbury Abbey Tithe Barn at its centre. 'In the Abbey Farmhouse the social and domestic life of Victorian Somerset is described in reconstructed rooms and an exhibiti...
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Located in Glastonbury, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.9 miles away.
It is said that King Arthur is buried within the grounds. Once second only in wealth to Westminster Abbey. Destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. There is an excellent visitor centre, ample parking and a bu...
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