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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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, some 16 miles southwest of Bath, 18 miles south of Bristol and five 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″ northLongitude
-2.457° or 2° 27′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C3V5GWV+W6OpenStreetMap ID
way 284134636OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Asham Wood”. Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.