Ballands Castle

Ballands Castle was a castle near the village of Penselwood, Somerset, England.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels and Stourhead.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

Church

The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels in Penselwood, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Ballands Castle.

Stourhead

Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire, extending into Somerset. The estate is about 4 km northwest of the town of Mere and includes a Grade I listed 18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, one of the most famous gardens in the English landscape garden style, farmland, and woodland. Stourhead is situated 2 miles northeast of Ballands Castle.

Church of St George

Church

Photo: Maigheach-gheal, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St George is situated 1 mile southeast of Ballands Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penselwood and Bourton.

Penselwood

Village

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penselwood or Pen Selwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It lies 4 miles north east of Wincanton, 4 miles south east of Bruton, 4 miles west of Mere, and 5 miles north west of Gillingham.

Bourton

Village

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bourton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated north of the A303 road on the border with Somerset and Wiltshire between Mere and Wincanton.