Leigh-on-Mendip
Leigh-on-Mendip is a locality in Mendip District, Somerset, England. Leigh-on-Mendip is situated nearby to the hamlet Town’s End, as well as near Tadhill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stoke Lane Slocker and Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip.
Stoke Lane Slocker
Cave
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Stoke Lane Slocker is a cave near Stoke St Michael, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in the English county of Somerset. It is 2.18 km in length and reaches a depth of 30m.
Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip
Church
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The Church of St Giles in Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset, England, dates from around 1350, and was rebuilt around 1500. It is a Grade 1 listed building, with an unusual faceless clock.
Edford Woods and Meadows
Forest
Edford Woods and Meadows is a 54.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, between Nettlebridge, Holcombe and Stoke St Michael, Somerset, notified in 1957.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashwick and Nunney.
Ashwick
Hamlet
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Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826. Ashwick is situated 3 miles west of Leigh-on-Mendip.
Nunney
Village
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Nunney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It is located 3 miles south-west of Frome and the parish includes the hamlet of Holwell. Nunney is situated 3 miles east of Leigh-on-Mendip.
Kilmersdon
Village
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Kilmersdon is a village and civil parish on the north eastern slopes of the Mendip Hills in Somerset between the towns of Radstock and Frome. It is located on the B3139 between Wells and Trowbridge in Wiltshire. Kilmersdon is situated 3 miles north of Leigh-on-Mendip.
Leigh-on-Mendip
- Type: Locality
- Location: Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2255° or 51° 13′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.4494° or 2° 26′ 58″ westElevation
620 feet (189 metres)Open location code
9C3V6HG2+57GeoNames ID
7292385
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