ROC Post Windscombe
ROC Post Windscombe is a bunker in Shipham, Sedgemoor District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. ROC Post Windscombe is situated nearby to the church St Leonard’s, as well as near Shipham Church of England First School.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Bunker
- Also known as: “Windscombe Royal Observer Corps Post”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Leonard’s and Dolebury Warren.
St Leonard’s
Church
Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Leonard’s is a church, which is situated 1,500 feet northwest of ROC Post Windscombe.
Dolebury Warren
Archaeological site
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dolebury Warren is a 90.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and ancient monument near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset, part of South West England. Dolebury Warren is situated 1¼ miles north of ROC Post Windscombe.
Cheddar Wood
Forest
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheddar Wood is an 86.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Cheddar in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, notified in 1967. Cheddar Wood and the smaller Macall's Wood near Cheddar Gorge are what remains of the wood of the Bishops of Bath and Wells in the thirteenth century and of King Edmund the Magnificent's wood in the tenth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rowberrow and Winscombe.
Rowberrow
Hamlet
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Rowberrow is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shipham in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.
Winscombe
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Winscombe is a large village in the North Somerset unitary district of Somerset, South West England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles southeast of Weston-super-Mare and 14 miles southwest of Bristol. Winscombe is situated 1½ miles west of ROC Post Windscombe.
Churchill
Village
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Churchill is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, part of the ceremonial county of Somerset. It is located on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, about 8 miles east of Weston-super-Mare, and about 15 miles south-west of Bristol. Churchill is situated 1½ miles north of ROC Post Windscombe.
ROC Post Windscombe
- Categories: building, ruins, historic site, and military installation
- Location: Shipham, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.31006° or 51° 18′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.7962° or 2° 47′ 46″ westInception
1964Open location code
9C3V8663+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 8501291215OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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