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Towns near Yeovil
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Barwick and Stoford
(1 Mile)*
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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Over Compton
(2 Miles)*
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East Coker
(2 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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Bradford Abbas
(3 Miles)*
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Trent
(3 Miles)*
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West Coker
(3 Miles)*
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Compton
(3 Miles)*
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Mudford
(3 Miles)*
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Sutton Bingham
(3 Miles)*
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Montacute
(3 Miles)*
At Montacute the continuous progression of history is clearly visible in the buildings and monuments of this important medieval village below St. Michael's Hill. |
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Yetminster
(4 Miles)*
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East Chinnock
(4 Miles)*
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Tintinhull
(4 Miles)*
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Yeovilton
(4 Miles)*
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Marston Magna
(4 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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