Bittescombe Manor
Bittescombe Manor is a manor estate in Upton, West Somerset District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Bittescombe Manor is situated nearby to the forest Home Wood, as well as near Triangle Plantation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St James and Wimbleball Lake.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 1 mile southwest of Bittescombe Manor.
Wimbleball Lake
Reservoir
Photo: Adrian Boliston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wimbleball Lake on Exmoor in Somerset, England, is a water supply reservoir constructed in the 1970s and completed in 1979. The 161 feet high dam is of concrete buttress construction and impounds the River Haddeo to provide a water storage capacity of some 21,000 megalitres over an area of 374 acres. Wimbleball Lake is situated 2 miles west of Bittescombe Manor.
Clatworthy Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clatworthy Reservoir is situated near Clatworthy in the Brendon Hills on the edge of the Exmoor National Park in west Somerset, England. It is run by Wessex Water and has a capacity of 5,364,000 cubic metres, supplying some 200,000 homes. Clatworthy Reservoir is situated 2 miles northeast of Bittescombe Manor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upton and Skilgate.
Upton
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upton is a village and civil parish north of Skilgate in Somerset, England. It is situated on a hill above the eastern end of Wimbleball Lake.
Skilgate
Village
Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skilgate is a village and civil parish 5 miles east of Dulverton and 8 miles west of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England. It has a population of 96. The parish, which covers an area of 866 ha, straddles the boundary of the Exmoor National Park lying on the southern edge of the Brendon Hills, and is close to the border with Devon. Skilgate is situated 2 miles southwest of Bittescombe Manor.
Huish Champflower
Village
Huish Champflower is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, three miles north-west of Wiveliscombe and ten miles north of Wellington. It has a population of 301. Huish Champflower is situated 2½ miles east of Bittescombe Manor.
Bittescombe Manor
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Manor estate
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Upton, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.05942° or 51° 3′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.41378° or 3° 24′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C3R3H5P+QFOpenStreetMap ID
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