Great Wood
Great Wood is a forest in Selworthy, West Somerset District, England. Great Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Selworthy, as well as near Budleigh Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bury Castle and Selworthy Beacon.
Bury Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near Selworthy, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a scheduled monument.
Selworthy Beacon
Peak
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selworthy Beacon is a hill and Marilyn of Exmoor in Somerset, England. It lies within the boundaries of Exmoor National Park, to the north of the village of Selworthy and northwest of Minehead.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Geoff Barber, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints which sits on a hillside above Selworthy, Somerset, England is a whitewashed 15th-century Church, with a 14th-century tower. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porlock and Minehead.
Porlock
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset in Exmoor National Park with a population of 1,440 in 2011. Following West End Lane takes you to West Porlock and then Porlock Weir with its harbour.
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.
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.
Great Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Selworthy, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2039° or 51° 12′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.5477° or 3° 32′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C3R6F32+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 118927015OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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