Timberscombe
Timberscombe is a village and civil parish on the River Avill 2.5 miles south-west of Dunster, and 5.5 miles south of Minehead within the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Bickham.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Petrock’s Church and Dunster Castle.
St Petrock’s Church
Church
Photo: Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Petrock in Timberscombe, Somerset, England has a 15th-century tower, the rest of the building dating from 1708. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
Dunster Castle
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Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. Dunster Castle is situated 2½ miles east of Timberscombe.
Bat’s Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bats Castle is an Iron Age hillfort at the top of a 213 metres high hill in the parish of Carhampton south south west of Dunster in Somerset, England. Though clearly shown on the 1902 Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, the site was "identified" in 1983 after some schoolboys found eight silver-plated coins dating from 102BC to AD350.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minehead and Dunster.
Minehead
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Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, 21 miles north-west of the county town of Taunton, 12 miles from the boundary with the county of Devon and close to the Exmoor National Park.
Dunster
Village
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Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel 2.5 miles southeast of Minehead and 20 miles northwest of Taunton. Dunster is situated 2½ miles northeast of Timberscombe.
Wootton Courtenay
Village
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Wootton Courtenay is a village and civil parish on Exmoor in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Brockwell and Huntscott. The village lies on the route of the Macmillan Way West and the Celtic Way Exmoor Option.
Timberscombe
Latitude
51.1689° or 51° 10′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.494° or 3° 29′ 39″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C3R5G94+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 723244540OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
7292443
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