English Heritage sites near Combe St Nicholas Parish
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
11 miles from Combe St Nicholas Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
BLACKBURY CAMP
14 miles from Combe St Nicholas Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL
21 miles from Combe St Nicholas Parish
Fine, late 15th century stone townhouse, early Tudor façade and panelled interiors. Home to Glastonbury Lake Village Museum: discover life 2000 years ago when much of Somerset consisted of marshy sea.
MEARE FISH HOUSE
21 miles from Combe St Nicholas Parish
The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
21 miles from Combe St Nicholas Parish
Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
22 miles from Combe St Nicholas Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
Churches in Combe St Nicholas Parish
St Nicholas Parish Church, Combe St Nicholas
Vicarage Hill
Combe St Nicholas
Chard
01460 66159
http://www.combestnicholas.org.uk/index.php/the-parish/church/church-of-england
We are a friendly church, come and find some peace on your own, light a candle for a place or loved one, or join us for worship on a Sunday or third Wednesday morning.
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Pubs in Combe St Nicholas Parish
Green Dragon Inn
Combe St Nicholas, TA20 3NG
(01460) 63311
greendragoncombe.co.uk/
Haymaker Inn
A former Wadworths pub situated five minutes from the A303, the Haymaker is a traditional country inn set in the foothills of the Isle Valley. It is ideally located between the two Somerset towns of Ilminster (5 minutes) and Chard (5 minute...
Hornsbury Mill
Hornsbury Mill is a converted example of an early 19th Century Somerset corn mill, built of local flint stone, elm wood beams and timbers with hamstone mullion windows. The mill dates from 1327 with the oldest part of the existing building...