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.

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.

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. It lies 16 miles south-west of Bath, 18 miles south of Bristol and 5 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″ north

Longitude

-2.5238° or 2° 31′ 26″ west

Elevation

374 feet (114 metres)

Open location code

9C3V5F7G+2F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 29674610

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

12263301

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