Cockroad Wood

Cockroad Wood is a locality in Pen Selwood, South Somerset, England. Cockroad Wood is situated nearby to the locality Coneygore Wood, as well as near Newpark Wood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stourhead and King Alfred’s Tower.

Stourhead

Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire, extending into Somerset. The estate is about 4 km northwest of the town of Mere and includes a Grade I listed 18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, one of the most famous gardens in the English landscape garden style, farmland, and woodland. Stourhead is situated 2 miles northeast of Cockroad Wood.

King Alfred’s Tower

Photo: JürgenMatern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alfred's Tower is a folly in Somerset, England, on the edge of the border with Wiltshire, on the Stourhead estate. The tower stands on Kingsettle Hill and belongs to the National Trust. King Alfred’s Tower is situated 2 miles north of Cockroad Wood.

Church of St George

Church

Photo: Maigheach-gheal, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St George is situated 1½ miles southeast of Cockroad Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penselwood and Gasper.

Penselwood

Village

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penselwood or Pen Selwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It lies 4 miles north east of Wincanton, 4 miles south east of Bruton, 4 miles west of Mere, and 5 miles north west of Gillingham.

Gasper

Hamlet

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gasper is a hamlet.

Bourton

Village

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bourton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated north of the A303 road on the border with Somerset and Wiltshire between Mere and Wincanton. Bourton is situated 2 miles southeast of Cockroad Wood.

Cockroad Wood

Type: Locality
Location: Pen Selwood, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.0857° or 51° 5′ 9″ north

Longitude

-2.36508° or 2° 21′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C3V3JPM+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1973200395

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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