Midsomer Norton

#416 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Midsomer Norton is a town near the Mendip Hills in Bath and North East Somerset, England, 10 miles south-west of Bath, 10 miles north-east of Wells, 10 miles north-west of Frome, 12 miles west of Trowbridge and 16 miles south-east of Bristol. It has a population of around 13,000. Along with Radstock and Westfield it used to be part of the conurbation and large civil parish of Norton Radstock, but is now a town council in its own right. It is also part of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset. ()

Alternative names: Population: 10.5 thous.Coordinates: 51°17'12"N, 2°28'52"W

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Midsomer Norton – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fairy Cave Quarry, Radstock Museum, Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, Church of St John the Baptist.

4.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Fairy Cave Quarry
105 min walk • Fairy Cave Quarry is between Stoke St Michael and Oakhill in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. Quarrying was first started on the site in the early 1920s.
1.5 miE
Museum, History museum, Town
Radstock Museum
39 min walk • Radstock Museum in Radstock, Somerset, England has a range of exhibits which offer an insight into North Somerset life since the nineteenth century.
0.4 miS
Museum, Specialty museum
Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust
11 min walk • The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust is a UK-registered charity which owns the museum and railway at Midsomer Norton railway station.
~1020 ftW
Church
Church of St John the Baptist
5 min walk • The Anglican Church of St John the Baptist in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, is a Grade II* listed building. St. John's is part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
4 miSW
Church
Church of St James
103 min walk • The Church of St James in Ashwick, Somerset, England, is a church dating from 1881. It is a Grade I listed building, adjacent to Ashwick Court. It also houses a tower that dates back from 1450.
2.7 miN
Church
St. Mary's
69 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Mary The Virgin in Timsbury within the English county of Somerset is a Grade II* listed building. An old church on the site had fallen into disrepair by the 1820s. The church was rebuilt in 1826–32 and the east end added in 1852 by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
3.2 miE
Park
Ammerdown House
83 min walk • Ammerdown House in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, was built in 1788. It has been designated as Grade I listed building. It was built as a country house with stables and an adjacent formal garden within landscaped parkland in emparked landscape by James Wyatt for Thomas Samuel Jolliffe.
2.2 miS
Monastery
Downside Abbey
57 min walk • Downside Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in England and the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the education of children aged eleven to eighteen.
2.2 miSE
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul
57 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, dates back to the Norman period, though much of the current structure was built during the 15th and 16th centuries and restored in the Victorian era. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.9 miN
Church
All Saints Farmborough
100 min walk • The Church of All Saints is an Anglican parish church in Farmborough, Somerset, England. It was principally built in the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
4.2 miNE
Church
All Saints Church
108 min walk • The Church of All Saints is an Anglican parish church in Dunkerton Somerset, England. It was built in the 14th century with the tower being added in the 15th and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.