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 the village Penselwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels and King Alfred’s Tower.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels in Penselwood, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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.
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.
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.
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″ northLongitude
-2.36508° or 2° 21′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3V3JPM+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1973200395OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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