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Longleat

Longleat is an English stately home, currently the seat of the Marquesses of Bath, adjacent to the village of Horningsham and near the towns of Warminster in Wiltshire and Frome in Somerset. It is noted for its Elizabethan country house, maze, landscaped parkland and safari park. The house is set in over 900 acres of parkland, landscaped by Capability Brown, with 100,000 acres of woods and farmland.

Located at 51.1865, -2.27531 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.539 miles away.
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Elizabethan architecture, Country houses in Wiltshire, Gardens in Wiltshire, Grade I listed houses, Grade I listed buildings in Wiltshire, Buildings and structures completed in 1580, Mazes, Thynne family, Historic house museums in Wiltshire, Zoos in England

Orchardleigh Lake

Orchardleigh Lake (also spelt Orchardlea) is an 11.23-hectare artificial lake in the grounds of the Orchardleigh Estate, just north of Frome, Somerset, England. It was formed by damming a tributary of the River Frome. Today, the lake is used for angling, and also birdwatching. There is a small island towards the western side of lake where St Mary's Church can be found. It was built in the 13th century, and underwent extensive renovation by Sir George Gilbert Scott, for the Rev. W. A.

Located at 51.2559, -2.31807 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.544 miles away.
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Environment of Somerset, Lakes of England, Grade I listed buildings in Somerset, Frome

Whatley, Mendip

Whatley is a small rural village and civil parish near Frome in the English county of Somerset.

Located at 51.2271, -2.38227 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Villages in Mendip, Civil parishes in Somerset

Frome Town F.C

Frome Town Football Club is an English football club based Frome, a town in the county of Somerset. They play in the Southern Football League Premier Division. The clubs nickname is the Robins and they play in a predominantly red kit. Their first team manager is Darren Perrin and his assistant is Derek Graham.

Located at 51.2348, -2.30901 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Football clubs in Somerset, Association football clubs established in 1904, Southern Football League clubs, Frome, Football clubs in England, 1904 establishments in England

Witham (Somerset) railway station

This station in Somerset is closed. For the open station in East Anglia, see Witham railway station. Witham (Somerset) railway station was a station serving the Somerset village of Witham Friary and was located on the Frome to Yeovil section of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway that opened in 1856.

Located at 51.1667, -2.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.538 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Somerset, Railway stations opened in 1856, Railway stations closed in 1966, Beeching closures in England

Trowbridge Village Pump Festival

The Village Pump Festival has its roots 43 years ago in a barn at the Lamb Inn Trowbridge, it then moved to Stowford Manor Farm, Farleigh Hungerford, England. The music covers a variety of genres from folk and roots to blues, celtic and Ceilidh with a variety of other entertainment including a family field, with puppetry and story telling.

Located at 51.3178, -2.27295 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.548 miles away.
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Music festivals in Somerset, Music festivals in Wiltshire, Folk festivals in the United Kingdom, Recurring events established in 1973, Trowbridge

Stoney Littleton Long Barrow

The Stoney Littleton Long Barrow (also known as Bath Tumulus and the Wellow Tumulus) is a Neolithic chambered tomb with multiple burial chambers, located near the village of Wellow, Somerset. It is an example of the Severn-Cotswold tomb. The barrow is about 30 metres in length and 15 metres wide at the south-east end, it stands nearly 3 metres high. Internally it consists of a 12.8 metres long gallery with three pairs of side chambers and an end chamber.

Located at 51.3133, -2.38139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.548 miles away.
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English Heritage sites in Somerset, History of Somerset, Stone Age sites in England, Barrows in the United Kingdom, Bath and North East Somerset, Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Somerset, Archaeological sites in Somerset

Bradley Woods

Bradley Woods is an area of woodland in Wiltshire, south of Longleat Woods and north of Gare Hill. A 48.7 hectare area within the site has been notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notification originally taking place in 1986.

Located at 51.1678, -2.3011 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.538 miles away.
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1986

The Abbey, Beckington

The Abbey, Beckington in Somerset, UK was built as a monastic grange and also used as a college for priests; the building was begun in 1502, but after the Dissolution of the Monasteries it became a private house. It was altered in the early 17th century with a new front and a sumptuous barrel-vaulted plaster ceiling, and also altered in 19th century.

Located at 51.2642, -2.2875 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.544 miles away.
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Country houses in Somerset

Rook Lane Chapel, Frome

Rook Lane Chapel was a place of worship, and is now an arts centre, in Frome, Somerset, England. Built in 1707, the chapel was the place of worship for nonconformists, however congregations dwindled and it closed in the 1960s. It was sold to developers but they were unable to get planning permission for proposed future uses. Lead and tiles were stolen from the roof, vandals broke in, smashed all the memorials and brought down the gallery.

Located at 51.2297, -2.3225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Grade I listed buildings in Somerset, Grade I listed churches, Churches in Somerset, Visitor attractions in Somerset, Religious buildings completed in 1707, Frome

Corsley

Corsley is a village and civil parish 3 miles west of Warminster in Wiltshire, England, at grid reference ST828467. The parish includes seven hamlets: Corsley Heath (generally regarded as the centre of the parish), Lane End, Longhedge, Lyes Green and three Whitbournes. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 716. Much of the parish was originally part of the Longleat Estate and part of the Longleat Safari Park lies within the parish boundary. Corsley Mill is now in Chapmanslade parish.

Located at 51.2192, -2.24766 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.541 miles away.
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Villages in Wiltshire

Farleigh House

Farleigh House (or Farleigh Castle) is a large country house in the English county of Somerset that was formerly the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate, and much of the stone came from Farleigh Hungerford Castle. The house is a Grade II listed building. The house was built and extended during the 18th and 19th centuries serving as a country estate for various families until 1970 when it was purchased for use as a Special Needs school.

Located at 51.3172, -2.28836 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.548 miles away.
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Grade II listed buildings in Somerset, Houses completed in 1820, Country houses in Somerset, Gothic Revival architecture in Somerset

Whatley Quarry

Whatley Quarry, grid reference ST731479 is a limestone quarry owned by Hanson plc, near the village of Whatley on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. The quarry exhibits pale to dark grey Carboniferous Limestone with small area of overlying horizontally bedded buff-coloured Jurassic oolitic limestone forming an angular unconformity, with extensive dolomitisation of top of the Black Rock Limestone.

Located at 51.2296, -2.38663 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Quarries in the Mendip Hills

Colemans Quarry

Colemans Quarry, grid reference ST726452 is a limestone quarry at Holwell, near Nunney on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. The Colemans Quarry complex comprises four pits separated by three roads (including the A361) The quarry exhibits pale to dark grey Black Rock, Vallis and Clifton Down Groups of Carboniferous Limestone with overlying buff-coloured Jurassic oolitic limestone forming an angular unconformity.

Located at 51.2053, -2.39359 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.541 miles away.
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Quarries in the Mendip Hills

Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt railway station

Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt was a small railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway serving small villages between Wellow and Radstock, about seven miles south of Bath. The station was the last to open on the Somerset and Dorset main line, with services beginning on 23 September 1929. It closed with the rest of the line on 7 March 1966 under the Beeching Axe.

Located at 51.3, -2.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.547 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Somerset, Former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1929, Railway stations closed in 1966, Beeching closures in England

Wellow (Somerset) railway station

Wellow railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Wellow in the county of Somerset in England. Opened on 20 July 1874, the station consisted of two platforms, a goods yard and sidings, controlled from an 18 lever signal box. The station closed to goods in 1963: passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed on 7 March 1966.

Located at 51.3214, -2.376 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.549 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Somerset, Former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1874, Railway stations closed in 1966, Beeching closures in England

Hinton Priory

Hinton Priory was one of the ten medieval Carthusian houses (charterhouses) in England. It was first established at Hatherop in 1222 by William Longspee, Earl of Salisbury. The monks disliked the location, and on Longspee's death in 1226 they petitioned his countess for a new site to achieve greater solitude. She gave them her manors of Hinton and Norton St Philip in Somerset and the new house was consecrated at Hinton Charterhouse in May 1232. It was called Locus Dei meaning 'God's Place'.

Located at 51.3306, -2.32146 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.549 miles away.
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1539 disestablishments in England, Carthusian monasteries in England, Monasteries in Somerset, Grade I listed buildings in Somerset, Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Somerset, Listed buildings at risk in Somerset, 1222 establishments, 1220s establishments in England, Christian monasteries established in the 13th century

St Margaret's, Corsley

St Margaret's, Corsley, is the Parish Church of Corsley in Wiltshire. Designed by John Leachman and built in the 1830s, St Margaret's is one of two Anglican churches in the parish, the other being St Mary's, Corsley, which was once a private chapel. The design and layout was very similar to those of another of Leachman's churches in Wiltshire, Christ Church, Warminster.

Located at 51.22, -2.246 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.541 miles away.
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Church of England churches in Wiltshire

Church of St John the Baptist, Frome

The Church of St John the Baptist, Frome is a parish church in the Church of England located in Frome, Somerset.

Located at 51.2297, -2.32056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Church of England churches in Somerset, Grade II* listed churches, Grade II* listed buildings in Somerset, Frome

Church of All Saints, Nunney

The Church of All Saints at Nunney, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century. It was probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon or Norman church from which a Saxon cross and Norman font can still be seen. A 15th century wagon or Barrel vault used to cover the nave however the timber rotted and it was demolished in 1957. A temporary roof was installed and hidden by a suspended ceiling.

Located at 51.2099, -2.3771 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.541 miles away.
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Grade I listed churches, Grade I listed buildings in Somerset, Church of England churches in Mendip, 12th-century church buildings, Anglo-Catholicism

Frome Rural District

Frome was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 when it became part of Mendip.

Located at 51.228, -2.322 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, History of Somerset, Local government in Somerset, Rural districts of England

Blatchbridge

Blatchbridge is a hamlet situated on the B3092 road from Frome to Maiden Bradley. It formerly had a Blacksmith's Shop, situated on the Frome side of the river. It has a public House called the Cross Keys. A former Methodist Chapel, now converted to a private dwelling, is situated halfway up the hill towards Frome. http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Frome_Rural_District

Located at 51.2103, -2.31778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.541 miles away.
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Hamlets in England

Frome Hoard

The Frome Hoard is a hoard of 52,503 Roman coins found in April 2010 by metal detectorist Dave Crisp near Frome in Somerset, England. The coins were contained in a ceramic pot 45 cm in diameter, and date from AD 253 to 305. Most of the coins are made from debased silver or bronze.

Located at 51.228, -2.282 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Treasure troves in England, Treasure troves of Roman Britain, History of Somerset, Frome, 2010 archaeological discoveries, Metal detecting finds in England

Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome

Agricultural Showgrounds is a cricket ground in Frome, Somerset. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1882, when Frome played United Eleven. In 1932, Somerset played Northamptonshire in the County Championship, in what was the grounds first first-class match. From 1932 to 1961, the ground played host to 18 first-class matches, with the final first-class match held at the ground between Somerset and Hampshire.

Located at 51.2362, -2.3124 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Cricket grounds in Somerset, Frome

Frome Cobble Wobble

The Frome Cobble Wobble, established in 2009, is an individually timed bicycle hill climb sprint in Frome, Somerset, England. It was first organised by the local community to celebrate the stage 5 of the 2009 Tour of Britain, which started in Frome. It is set to become an annual event for the town. The course begins at the bottom of Stony Street, takes a sharp turn as it joins Catherine Hill, and finishes at the end of the cobbles the top of the hill.

Located at 51.2309, -2.3239 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.542 miles away.
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Cycling events in the United Kingdom, Frome, Sports venues in Somerset