Great Boles

Great Boles is a forest in West Hatch, Taunton Deane District, England. Great Boles is situated nearby to the hamlet Slough Green, as well as near Thurlbear.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands and St Michael’s Church.

Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands

Forest

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands is a 26.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Stoke St Mary in Somerset, notified in 1963. Part of the land designated as Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands Site of Special Scientific Interest is owned by the Crown Estate.

St Michael’s Church

Church

Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church of St Michael in Orchard Portman, Somerset, England, dates from the Norman period. It is a Grade II* listed building.

All Saints Church, Curland

Church

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

All Saints Church is a former Church of England parish church in Curland, Somerset, England. Designed by Benjamin Ferrey, it was built in 1855–56 to replace an earlier church on the same site and became redundant in 1972.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taunton and Hatch Beauchamp.

Taunton

Photo: Julia W, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, a county in the south-west of England. Taunton has several landmarks room its thousand-year history, and is famous for its cider.