Glastonbury Pit

Glastonbury Pit is a forest in Thorncombe, West Dorset District, England. Glastonbury Pit is situated nearby to the hamlet Forde Abbey, as well as near Bridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Stephen, Winsham and Forde Abbey.

Church of St Stephen, Winsham

Church

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church of St Stephen in Winsham, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the 1,600-acre estate is farmed to provide additional revenue. Forde Abbey is a grade I listed building.

Church of St Thomas

Church

Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Thomas in Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1868. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chard and Tatworth.

Chard

Photo: Dbown100, CC BY 3.0.

Chard is a town of 14,000 people in Somerset. The town has a very unusual feature, a stream running along either side of Fore Street. One stream eventually flows into the Bristol Channel and the other reaches the English Channel.

Tatworth

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tatworth is a village 2 miles south of Chard in the county of Somerset, England. It is within Tatworth and Forton civil parish. Tatworth is a large village, consisting of a number of smaller villages including South Chard, Perry Street and Chard Junction which are close together.

Hawkchurch

Village

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hawkchurch is a village and civil parish in Devon, England, 3 miles north east of Axminster on the border of Devon and Dorset, and about 6 miles south of Somerset.

Glastonbury Pit

Type: Forest
Location: Thorncombe, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.8401° or 50° 50′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.9174° or 2° 55′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C2VR3RM+23

OpenStreetMap ID

way 184360709

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

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