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Towns near Over Compton
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Compton
(1 Mile)*
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Trent
(1 Mile)*
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Yeovil
(2 Miles)*
Yeovil is the major town of South Somerset with the best shopping centre in a very wide area, the Octagon Theatre, Goldenstones Pools and Leisure Centre, a multi-screen cinema, a ski centre and the wooded parkland at Ninesprings |
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Bradford Abbas
(2 Miles)*
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Barwick and Stoford
(3 Miles)*
Barwick village and the adjacent hamlet of Stoford lie south of Yeovil, near Yeovil Junction station. The park around Barwick House is dotted with strange follies including 'Jack the Treacle Eater' and the 'Fish Tower'. |
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Mudford
(3 Miles)*
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Sherborne
(3 Miles)*
Sherborne is a mellow-stoned living pageant of history. The ancient Abbey Church has one of the most graceful and delicate fan-vaulted roofs in England, and some fine stained glass. |
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Lillington
(3 Miles)*
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Marston Magna
(3 Miles)*
At Marston Magna the ground still shows tell tale signs of this settlement's long and fascinating history. The church contains traces of Saxon herringbone work and has a Norman font. A charming village to be explored on foot at a leisurely pace. |
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Yetminster
(3 Miles)*
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East Coker
(4 Miles)*
At East Coker picturesque 16th and 17th century farmhouses and almshouses cluster below the manor and church. Ancestors of the poet T. S. Eliot emigrated from here, and his ashes are interred in the parish church. |
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Pointington
(4 Miles)*
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Long Burton
(4 Miles)*
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Sutton Bingham
(4 Miles)*
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Queen Camel
(5 Miles)*
The Queen was Margaret of France, second wife of Edward Ist, who made the manor of Camel part of the marriage settlement in 1299. |
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