Great Wood
Great Wood is in Over Stowey, Sedgemoor District, England. Great Wood is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Great Bear, as well as near the peak West Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plainsfield Camp and Church of St Peter and St Paul, Over Stowey.
Plainsfield Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plainsfield Camp is a possible Iron Age earthwork on the Quantock Hills near Aisholt in Somerset, England. The so-called hill fort has several features that make it more likely to be an animal enclosure than a defended settlement: The case for an enclosure… Plainsfield Camp is situated 1 mile southeast of Great Wood.
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Over Stowey
Church
Photo: Burn the asylum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church Of St Peter And St Paul in Over Stowey, Somerset, England, is the Anglican parish church for the ancient parish of Over Stowey, now part of the Quantock Villages Benefice in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Church of St Peter and St Paul, Over Stowey is situated 1 mile northeast of Great Wood.
Stowey Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Stowey Castle was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, built in the 11th century, in the village of Nether Stowey on the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. Stowey Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Great Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aley and Over Stowey.
Over Stowey
Village
Photo: Burn the asylum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Over Stowey is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, South West England. A large part of the forest and open heath of the Quantock Hills is within the parish and it includes the hamlets of Plainsfield, Aley, Adscombe, Friarn and Bincombe.
Nether Stowey
Village
Photo: Peter Levy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Stowey is a large village in Somerset, South West England. It sits in the foothills of the Quantock Hills, just below Over Stowey. The parish of Nether Stowey covers approximately 4 km2, with a population of 1,482. Nether Stowey is situated 2 miles northeast of Great Wood.
Great Wood
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- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Over Stowey, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.12919° or 51° 7′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.18295° or 3° 10′ 59″ westOpen location code
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