The Rookery

The Rookery is a forest in Ashbrittle, Taunton Deane District, England. The Rookery is situated nearby to the hamlet Tracebridge, as well as near Appley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cothay Manor and St Michael’s Church, Stawley.

Cothay Manor

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cothay Manor is a grade one listed medieval house and gardens, in Stawley, near Wellington, Somerset. The manor grounds consist of almost 40 acres and include cottages, outbuildings, stables, and 12 acres of gardens.

St Michael’s Church, Stawley

Church

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Michael in Stawley, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The current church stands on the site of an earlier Norman church from which some herringbone pattern walling survives in the nave.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St John the Baptist is a Church of England parish church in Ashbrittle, Somerset. It was built in the 15th century, and is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holcombe Rogus and Ashbrittle.

Holcombe Rogus

Village

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holcombe Rogus is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the English county of Devon. In 2001 the population of the parish was 503.

Ashbrittle

Village

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashbrittle is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated nine miles west of Taunton and close to the River Tone and the route of the Grand Western Canal. The village has a population of 225.

Stawley

Village

Photo: Chriscooke99, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stawley is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 10 miles west of Taunton. The parish has a population of 279 and includes the village of Kittisford and the hamlets of Appley, Greenham and Tracebridge.

The Rookery

Type: Forest
Location: Ashbrittle, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.9826° or 50° 58′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.3306° or 3° 19′ 50″ west

Open location code

9C2RXMM9+2Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 302458216

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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