Acker Bilk
Acker Bilk is a memorial in Publow, Bath and North East Somerset, England. Acker Bilk is situated nearby to Pensford Post Office, as well as near Pensford Primary School.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Thomas à Becket Church, Pensford and Pensford Viaduct.
St Thomas à Becket Church, Pensford
Church
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Thomas à Becket Church in Pensford, Somerset in southwest England, dates from the 14th century and was active in 1341, although only the tower remains from that date, the rest of the church having been rebuilt in 1868 by Giles and Robinson Architects. St Thomas à Becket Church, Pensford is situated 330 feet south of Acker Bilk.
Pensford Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Dr Duncan Pepper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pensford Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in the village of Pensford, within the historic English county of Somerset, now unitary authority Bath and North East Somerset. Pensford Viaduct is situated 480 feet southwest of Acker Bilk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pensford and Belluton.
Pensford
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pensford is the largest village in the civil parish of Publow in Somerset, England. It lies in the Chew Valley, approximately 7 miles south of Bristol, 8 miles west of Bath, and 14 miles north of Wells.
Belluton
Hamlet
Photo: Duncan and Gareth Alderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belluton is a village in Somerset, England. It is in the district of Bath and North East Somerset and is located due south of the city of Bristol and due west of the city of Bath.
Woollard
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woollard is a small village on the River Chew in the affluent Chew Valley in England. It is in the Bath and North East Somerset council area and the ceremonial county of Somerset.
Acker Bilk
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Acker Bilk MBE MA 1929-2014 World Famous Clarinetist and the first British male artist to top the U.S. chart with ‘Stranger On The Shore’ was born here”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Publow, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.37188° or 51° 22′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.55027° or 2° 33′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C3V9CCX+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 10116696347OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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