St Mary's Church, Exmoor National Park

Name: St Mary's Church
Address: Exmoor National Park, United Kingdom

#53 among attractions in Exmoor National Park

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The Anglican St Mary's Church at Luxborough within the English county of Somerset dates from the 13th century. It is a Grade II listed building. ()

Coordinates: 51°7'56"N, 3°28'5"W

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Exmoor National Park United Kingdom

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St Mary's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dunster Castle, Luttrell Arms, Dunster Working Watermill, Gallox Bridge.

3.6 miN
Historical place, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Dunster Castle, Dunster
92 min walk • Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period.
3.8 miN
Nightlife
Luttrell Arms, Dunster
97 min walk • The Luttrell Arms in Dunster, Somerset, England was built in the late 15th century and is located in the centre of the medieval town of Dunster. The building has been designated as a Grade II* listed building since 22 May 1969. The original building has been enlarged over the years by addition of further wings. It is now used as a hotel.
3.6 miN
Museum, Watermill
Dunster Working Watermill, Dunster
92 min walk • Dunster Working Watermill is a restored 18th century watermill, situated on the River Avill, close to Gallox Bridge, in the grounds of Dunster Castle in Dunster, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.4 miN
Bridge
Gallox Bridge, Dunster
86 min walk • The Gallox Bridge in Dunster, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. The bridge is in the guardianship of English Heritage.
3.6 miN
Church
Priory Church of St George, Dunster
94 min walk • The Priory Church of St George in Dunster, Somerset, England, is predominantly 15th-century with evidence of 12th- and 13th-century work. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
2.7 miN
Forts and castles
Bat's Castle, Exmoor National Park
69 min walk • Bats Castle is an Iron Age hill fort at the top of a 213 metres high hill in the parish of Carhampton south south west of Dunster in Somerset, England. The site was identified in 1983 after some schoolboys found eight silver-plated coins dating from 102BC to AD350. It is on the highest point of Gallox Hill.
1.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Brendon Hills, Exmoor National Park
40 min walk • The Brendon Hills are a range of hills in west Somerset, England. The hills merge level into the eastern side of Exmoor and are included within the Exmoor National Park.
3.7 miN
Architecture
Dunster Dovecote, Dunster
94 min walk • The Dovecote in Dunster, Somerset, England was probably built in the late 16th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.
3.6 miN
Monastery
Dunster Priory, Dunster
92 min walk • Dunster Priory was established as a Benedictine monastery around 1100 in Dunster, Somerset, England. The first church in Dunster was built by William de Mohun who gave the church and the tithes of several manors and two fisheries, to the Benedictine Abbey at Bath.
2.6 miNE
Church
Church of St Bartholomew, Exmoor National Park
66 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in Rodhuish, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.1 miW
Church
Church of St Petrock, Exmoor National Park
79 min walk • The Church of St Petrock in Timberscombe, Somerset, England has a 15th-century tower, the rest of the building dating from 1708. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.