Mells River
The Mells River flows through the eastern Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It rises at Gurney Slade and flows east joining the River Frome at Frome. The river forms one of the boundaries of Mells Park, a country house estate in Mells.Photo: David Doff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Murtry Aqueduct and Church of St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm.
Murtry Aqueduct
Bridge
Photo: Spoonfrog, Public domain.
Murtry Aqueduct is a three-arched aqueduct that was intended to carry the Dorset and Somerset Canal over the Mells River, near Frome in Somerset, England. It is a grade II listed building.
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm
Church
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Great Elm, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. In the 13th century the two-bay nave was lengthened, possibly when the tower was added around 1240.
St Mary’s Church, Frome
Church
Photo: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Frome, Somerset, England. It was built in 1862–1864 to the designs of C. E. Giles and is a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buckland Dinham and Nunney.
Buckland Dinham
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckland Dinham is a small village near Frome in Somerset, England. The village has a population of 381. The village's main industry is farming, but the village is also a dormitory village for the nearby cities of Bath and Bristol.
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 southwest of Mells River.
Marston Bigot Park
Locality
Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marston Bigot Park encompasses approximately 222 hectares and includes Marston House, Marston Pond and the remains of the medieval shrunken village of Lower Marston. Marston Bigot Park is situated 2½ miles south of Mells River.
Mells River
- Type: Watercourse
- Description: river in Somerset, United Kingdom
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Great Elm, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Mells River” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅爾斯河”
- Swedish: “Melis River”
- Welsh: “Afon Mells”
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