The Lion Inn

The Lion Inn is a building in Timberscombe, West Somerset District, England, which is located on Church Street. The Lion Inn is situated near Timberscombe Post Office, as well as near St Petrock’s Church.

Photo: Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Building
Description: pub in Timberscombe, Somerset, UK
Address: Church Street, Minehead, TA24 7TP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Petrock’s Church and Dunster Castle.

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.

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. Dunster Castle is situated 2½ miles east of The Lion Inn.

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. Bat’s Castle is situated 2 miles east of The Lion Inn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wootton Courtenay and Dunster.

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.

Dunster

Village

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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. Dunster is situated 2½ miles northeast of The Lion Inn.

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.

The Lion Inn

Category: pub
Location: Timberscombe, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.16862° or 51° 10′ 7″ north

Longitude

-3.49478° or 3° 29′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C3R5G94+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1280125923

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q99592352

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Highlights: Timberscombe Post Office and Timberscombe Village Hall.

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