Asham Wood

Asham Wood is a 140.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Downhead and south of Leigh-on-Mendip in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1963.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cranmore railway station and St Bartholomew’s Church, Cranmore.

Cranmore railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cranmore is the main railway station of the preserved East Somerset Railway, in Somerset, England.

St Bartholomew’s Church, Cranmore

Church

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in Cranmore, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

Church of All Saints, Downhead

Church

Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church Of All Saints in Downhead, within the English county of Somerset, dates from the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. The tower was built in the 14th and the church has an 18th-century nave and chancel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shepton Mallet and Wanstrow.

Shepton Mallet

Photo: Wurzeller, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies 16 miles south-west of Bath, 18 miles south of Bristol and 5 miles east of Wells.

Wanstrow

Village

Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanstrow is a village and civil parish 6 miles south west of Frome in Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Cloford.

Batcombe

Village

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

Batcombe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the steep valley of the River Alham 5 miles south-east of Shepton Mallet and 26 miles south of Bristol.

Asham Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Cranmore, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.1973° or 51° 11′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.457° or 2° 27′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C3V5GWV+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 284134636

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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