Timberscombe Wood
Timberscombe Wood is a forest in Timberscombe, West Somerset District, England. Timberscombe Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Cowbridge, as well as near the locality Heber Vale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunster Castle and St Petrock’s Church.
Dunster Castle
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Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period.
St Petrock’s Church
Church
Photo: Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Petrock in Timberscombe, Somerset, England has a 15th-century tower, the rest of the building dating from 1708. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
Bat’s Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bats Castle is an Iron Age hillfort at the top of a 213 metres high hill in the parish of Carhampton south south west of Dunster in Somerset, England. Though clearly shown on the 1902 Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, the site was "identified" in 1983 after some schoolboys found eight silver-plated coins dating from 102BC to AD350.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minehead and Dunster.
Minehead
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, 21 miles north-west of the county town of Taunton, 12 miles from the boundary with the county of Devon and close to the Exmoor National Park.
Dunster
Village
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel 2.5 miles southeast of Minehead and 20 miles northwest of Taunton.
Wootton Courtenay
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wootton Courtenay is a village and civil parish on Exmoor in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Brockwell and Huntscott. The village lies on the route of the Macmillan Way West and the Celtic Way Exmoor Option.
Timberscombe Wood
Latitude
51.1653° or 51° 9′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.4882° or 3° 29′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C3R5G86+4POpenStreetMap ID
way 1061175090OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Notable Places Nearby
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