St Andrew's Church

#2058 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Church of St Andrew in Compton Bishop, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century, being consecrated by Bishop Jocelin in 1236, with more recent restoration. It is a Grade I listed building. ()

Coordinates: 51°17'40"N, 2°52'4"W

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

Nearby attractions include: King John's Hunting Lodge, Crook Peak, Banwell Caves, Church of St John the Baptist.

2.2 miE
Historical place, History museum, Museum
King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
57 min walk • King John's Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant's house built c. 1460, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset.
0.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Crook Peak
16 min walk • Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill is a 332.2 hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the western end of the Mendip Hills, Somerset.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Banwell Caves
58 min walk • Banwell Caves are a 1.7-hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Banwell, North Somerset, England notified in 1963.
2.3 miE
Church
Church of St John the Baptist, Axbridge
58 min walk • The Church of St John the Baptist in Axbridge, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. Work on the current building began in the early 15th century, and grew from an earlier building dating back to about 1230.
2.1 miN
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Banwell Castle, Banwell
53 min walk • Banwell Castle is a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Banwell, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cheddar Reservoir
77 min walk • Cheddar Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in Somerset, England, operated by Bristol Water. Dating from the 1930s it has a capacity of 1350 million gallons. The reservoir is supplied with water taken from the Cheddar Yeo river in Cheddar Gorge.
3.4 miS
Museum, Windmill
Ashton Windmill
86 min walk • Ashton windmill is a tower mill in Chapel Allerton, Somerset, England. Its tower is over 7.5 metres high with stone walls that are 60 cm thick. The sails are 13 m across and used to be covered with canvas.
2.3 miN
Church
St Andrew's Church, Banwell
60 min walk • The mainly 15th-century parish Church of St Andrew in Banwell, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building. The body of the church has a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles and a rather short chancel, considering the proportions of the rest of the church.
3 miE
National park
Cheddar Wood
77 min walk • Cheddar Wood is an 86.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Cheddar in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, notified in 1967.
3 miNW
Hill
Bleadon Hill, Mendips
78 min walk • Bleadon Hill is a 13.52 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of the village of Bleadon, North Somerset, notified in 1999. The site is a Geological Conservation Review site, as it shows a low ridge of calcite-cemented Pleistocene sand and gravel on its southern side.
1.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Shute Shelve Cavern, Axbridge
45 min walk • Shute Shelve Cavern is a natural cave system located in Shute Shelve Hill, Somerset, England, above Axbridge in the Mendip Hills not far from Cheddar. The phreatic cave contains fossils of speleothems over 350,000 years old.