Puxton Moor

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Puxton Moor is a 31.07 ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the North Somerset Levels, near Puxton, North Somerset, notified in 1994. It is a large area of pasture land networked with species-rich rhynes, now owned and managed as a nature reserve by Avon Wildlife Trust. ()

Elevation: 16 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°21'44"N, 2°50'45"W

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Puxton Moor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Banwell Caves, Banwell Castle, Cadbury Hill, Dolebury Warren.

3.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Banwell Caves
80 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.
2.7 miS
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Banwell Castle, Banwell
70 min walk • Banwell Castle is a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Banwell, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.2 miNE
View point, Historical place, Park
Cadbury Hill, Congresbury
57 min walk • Cadbury Hill is a small hill, mostly in the civil parish of Congresbury, overlooking the village of Yatton in North Somerset. On its summit stands an Iron Age hill fort, which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
3.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Dolebury Warren
86 min walk • Dolebury Warren is a 90.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and ancient monument near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset, part of South West England. It is owned by the National Trust, who acquired the freehold in 1983, and managed by the Avon Wildlife Trust.
2.5 miS
Church
St Andrew's Church, Banwell
64 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.
2.8 miSE
Church, Gothic architecture
Churchill Methodist Church, Congresbury
71 min walk • Churchill Methodist Church, in the village of Churchill, North Somerset, is a Grade II listed Methodist church on the Somerset Mendip Methodist Circuit. Designed by Foster & Wood, Bristol, of Perpendicular Gothic style, the church opened on 2 May 1881.
2.1 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Church of St Mary, Yatton
53 min walk • The Church of St Mary in central Yatton, Somerset, England, is often called the Cathedral of the Moors due to its size and grandeur in relation to the village. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
3.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Locking Castle
83 min walk • Locking Castle was a castle that once stood on Carberry Hill near the site of RAF Locking in Locking in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. It was a motte and bailey on Carberry Hill. Excavations in 1902 identified the remains of a small stone chamber surrounded by a ditch.
1.6 miE
Church
St Andrew's Church, Congresbury
40 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Andrew in Congresbury, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Congresbury is named after St Congar, who is said to have performed three miracles in the area.
2.6 miSE
Edwardian architecture
Sidney Hill Cottage Homes, Congresbury
66 min walk • Sidney Hill Cottage Homes, whose official name is Sidney Hill Churchill Wesleyan Cottage Homes, is a Grade II listed estate of Wesleyan cottage homes in the village of Churchill in North Somerset. It was opened in December 1907 to provide furnished accommodation for people in need.
2.4 miS
Forts and castles
Banwell Camp, Banwell
63 min walk • Banwell Camp is a univallate Iron Age hill fort in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. The hill fort is situated approximately 1.6 miles east from the Village of Banwell.