Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill is a locality in Ashwick, Mendip District, England. Beacon Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Three Ashes, as well as near Midway.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wagon And Horses Inn and Harridge Wood.

Wagon And Horses Inn

Pub

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wagon And Horses Inn is a pub.

Harridge Wood

Forest

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Harridge Wood is an area of woodland in Somerset, England. From about 1300 AD part of the wood was the scene of coal mining, which continued until around 1800.

Hillier’s Cave

Cave

Hillier's Cave is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It falls within the St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakhill and Shepton Mallet.

Oakhill

Village

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, in Ashwick parish approximately 2.5 miles north of Shepton Mallet. It lies between the A37 and the A367. Oakhill is today mainly a commuter village of 0.4 square miles in size, and is notable for former activities which including brewing.

Shepton Mallet

Photo: Wurzeller, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies 16 miles south-west of Bath, 18 miles south of Bristol and 5 miles east of Wells.

Binegar

Village

Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Binegar is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is located on the A37, 4 miles east of Wells, between Shepton Mallet and Chilcompton. Binegar is situated 2½ miles northwest of Beacon Hill.

Beacon Hill

Type: Locality
Location: Ashwick, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.21113° or 51° 12′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.5153° or 2° 30′ 55″ west

Elevation

945 feet (288 metres)

Open location code

9C3V6F6M+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2835376607

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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