Puxton Moor

Puxton Moor is a 31.07 ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the North Somerset Levels, near Puxton, North Somerset, notified in 1994. It is a large area of pasture land networked with species-rich rhynes, now owned and managed as a nature reserve by Avon Wildlife Trust.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Congresbury and Yatton railway station.

St Andrew’s Church, Congresbury

Church

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The Anglican Church of St Andrew in Congresbury, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Congresbury is named after St Congar, who is said to have performed three miracles in the area.

Yatton railway station

Railway station

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Yatton railway station, on the Bristol to Exeter line, is in the village of Yatton in North Somerset, England. It is 12 miles west of Bristol Temple Meads railway station, and 130 miles from London Paddington. Yatton railway station is situated 2 miles north of Puxton Moor.

Cadbury Hill

Peak

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Cadbury Hill is a small hill, mostly in the civil parish of Congresbury, overlooking the village of Yatton in North Somerset. On its summit stands an Iron Age hill fort, which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Cadbury Hill is situated 2 miles northeast of Puxton Moor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Puxton and Hewish.

Puxton

Village

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Puxton is a village and civil parish, 5 miles north west of Axbridge in the unitary authority of North Somerset within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The civil parish includes the isolated hamlets of East Hewish and West Hewish.

Hewish

Village

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Hewish is a village.

Congresbury

Village

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Congresbury is a village and civil parish on the northwestern slopes of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset, England, which in 2011 had a population of 3,497. Congresbury is situated 2 miles east of Puxton Moor.

Puxton Moor

Type: Locality
Description: protected area in Somerset, England
Category: protected area
Location: Puxton, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.36249° or 51° 21′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.8436° or 2° 50′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C3V9564+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14268351631

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

Wikidata ID

Q7262558

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