Prestleigh
Prestleigh is a village in Doulting, Mendip District, England. Prestleigh is situated nearby to the hamlet Beard Hill, as well as near Beardly Batch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mendip Vale railway station and St Peter’s Church, Evercreech.
Mendip Vale railway station
Railway station
Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mendip Vale is the western terminus of the East Somerset Railway.
St Peter’s Church, Evercreech
Church
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Peter in Evercreech, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building. The three-stage tower has set-back buttresses ascending to pinnacles, with a very tall transomed two-light bell-chamber with windows on each face The embattled parapet has quatrefoil piercing, with big corner pinnacles and smaller intermediate pinnacles.
Merryfield Lane railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merryfield Lane Halt is a railway station at the summit of the East Somerset Railway. It was built in 1981 and originally served as the terminus of the railway. Merryfield Lane railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Prestleigh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepton Mallet and Batcombe.
Shepton Mallet
Photo: Wurzeller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England, some 16 miles southwest of Bath, 18 miles south of Bristol and five miles east of Wells.
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 3½ miles east of Prestleigh.
Croscombe
Village
Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croscombe is a village and civil parish 2 miles west of Shepton Mallet and 4 miles from Wells, in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on the A371 road in the valley of the River Sheppey. Croscombe is situated 3½ miles northwest of Prestleigh.
Prestleigh
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Doulting, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.16252° or 51° 9′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.5238° or 2° 31′ 26″ westElevation
374 feet (114 metres)Open location code
9C3V5F7G+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 29674610OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263301
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