Cadbury Castle

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Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the civil parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument and has been associated with King Arthur's legendary court at Camelot. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°1'27"N, 2°31'53"W

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Cadbury Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sherborne Abbey, Wincanton Racecourse, Sherborne Old Castle, Fleet Air Arm Museum.

5.4 miS
Architecture, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne
138 min walk • Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It has been a Saxon cathedral, a Benedictine abbey church, and since 1539, a parish church.
5.5 miNE
Sport venue, Sport
Wincanton Racecourse, Wincanton
140 min walk • Wincanton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Wincanton, Somerset, England. The steeplechase fences are large, making it a good test of a chaser.
5.3 miS
Historical place, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Sherborne Old Castle, Sherborne
136 min walk • Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England, within the parish of Castleton. It stands in a 1,200-acre park which formed a small part of the 15,000-acre Digby estate.
5 miW
Museum
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovil
128 min walk • The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation. It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships, and paintings and drawings related to naval aviation.
5.4 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Sherborne Museum, Sherborne
138 min walk • Sherborne Museum is an independent local museum centrally situated in Sherborne, a small market town in north-west Dorset. Formerly a Saxon burgh, Sherborne evolved through the cloth, gloving and silk industries and is embedded in varied countryside united by scarps of Jurassic limestone.
1.7 miNW
Museum
Haynes International Motor Museum
43 min walk • Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford near Yeovil in Somerset, England, contains over 400 cars and motorcycles and a collection of other automobilia. The museum was established in 1985 by John Harold Haynes OBE. It is a registered charity under English law.
4.5 miN
Specialty museum, Museum, Forts and castles
Cary Castle, Castle Cary
114 min walk • Cary Castle stood on Lodge Hill overlooking the town of Castle Cary, Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
4.7 miSW
Church
Church of St Mary
120 min walk • The Church of St Mary in Mudford, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was granted by Montacute Priory to the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1339. The interior includes a Jacobean pulpit and a stone font from the 15th century.
4.4 miN
Church
Church of All Saints, Castle Cary
111 min walk • All Saints Church in Castle Cary in the English county of Somerset dates from 1470 and is notable for its high steeple. It is a Grade II* listed building. The parish is within the benefice of Castle Cary with Ansford which is part of the archdeaconry of Wells.
1.3 miN
Church
St Michael
33 min walk • The Church of St Michael in North Cadbury, Somerset, England dates from 1417, although the tower was built a few years earlier. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
5.2 miW
Church
Church of St Bartholomew
134 min walk • The Church of St Bartholomew in the parish of Yeovilton, Somerset, England, was built around 1300. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church became the property of Montacute Priory and then part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells.