Downhead

Places of Interest

Asham Wood

Forest

Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Asham Wood is a 140.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Downhead and south of Leigh-on-Mendip in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1963.

Church of All Saints, Downhead

Church

Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church Of All Saints in Downhead, within the English county of Somerset, dates from the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. The tower was built in the 14th and the church has an 18th-century nave and chancel.

Torr Works

Quarry

Photo: Graham Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torr Works quarry, grid reference ST695446 is a limestone quarry at East Cranmore, near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. The quarry was formerly known as Merehead, a name which has been retained for its rail depot on the opposite side of the A361 road.

Places in the Area

Nunney

Village

Photo: Nabokov, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 2½ miles east of Downhead.

Wanstrow

Village

Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanstrow is a village and civil parish 6 miles south west of Frome in Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Cloford. Wanstrow is situated 2½ miles southeast of Downhead.

Batcombe

Village

Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Batcombe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the steep valley of the River Alham 5 miles south-east of Shepton Mallet and 26 miles south of Bristol. Batcombe is situated 4 miles south of Downhead.

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