Friary Wood

Friary Wood is a forest in Westwood, Wiltshire, England. Friary Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Sharpstone, as well as near Park Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Farleigh Hungerford Castle and Avoncliff railway station.

Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England. The castle was built in two phases: the inner court was constructed between 1377 and 1383 by Sir Thomas Hungerford, who made his fortune as steward to John of Gaunt.

Avoncliff railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Mytton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Avoncliff railway station serves the small village of Avoncliff, in Wiltshire, England, together with the nearby villages of Westwood and Winsley, and Turleigh hamlet.

Freshford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Freshford railway station is a railway station serving the village of Freshford, Bath and North East Somerset, England. It also serves the nearby village of Limpley Stoke in Wiltshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bradford on Avon and Combe Down.

Bradford on Avon

Photo: Nessino, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bradford on Avon is a small country town in England between Bath and Trowbridge. The handsome buildings which climb up the hills from the 'broad ford' across the river are mostly Georgian, the legacy of a few hundred years of prosperity as a centre of a textile industry making fine woollen cloth from Cotswold sheep.

Combe Down

Suburb

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Combe Down is a village on the outskirts of Bath, England, in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority area, within the ceremonial county of Somerset.

Limpley Stoke

Village

Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Limpley Stoke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies in the Avon valley between Bath and Freshford, and is both above and below the A36 road.

Friary Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Westwood, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.3301° or 51° 19′ 49″ north

Longitude

-2.3051° or 2° 18′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C3V8MJV+3X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 114516857

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sharpstone and Park Corner.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Vilet and Shrub Down.

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