Chelynch

Chelynch is a hamlet in Doulting, Mendip District, England. Chelynch is situated nearby to the village Doulting, as well as near the hamlet Bodden.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Merryfield Lane railway station and Mendip Vale railway station.

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.

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 Bartholomew’s Church, Cranmore

Church

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in Cranmore, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shepton Mallet and Oakhill.

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.

Oakhill

Village

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, in Ashwick parish approximately 2.5 miles north of Shepton Mallet. It lies between the A37 and the A367. Oakhill is today mainly a commuter village of 0.4 square miles in size, and is notable for former activities which including brewing. Oakhill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Chelynch.

Ashwick

Hamlet

Photo: Lyn Yates, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826. Ashwick is situated 3 miles north of Chelynch.

Chelynch

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Doulting, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.194° or 51° 11′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.50295° or 2° 30′ 11″ west

Elevation

755 feet (230 metres)

Open location code

9C3V5FVW+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 343939119

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13276811

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