Beacon Wood
Beacon Wood is a forest in Doulting, Mendip District, England. Beacon Wood is situated nearby to the locality Beacon Hill, as well as near the hamlet Three Ashes.Places of Interest
Highlights include Harridge Wood and Hillier’s Cave.
Harridge Wood
Forest
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harridge Wood is an area of woodland in Somerset, England. From about 1300 AD part of the wood was the scene of coal mining, which continued until around 1800.
Hillier’s Cave
Cave
Hillier's Cave is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It falls within the St.
Church of St James, Ashwick
Church
Photo: Lyn Yates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St James in Ashwick, Somerset, England, is a church dating from 1881. It is a Grade I listed building, adjacent to Ashwick Court. It also houses a tower that dates back from 1450.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepton Mallet and Ashwick.
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 5 miles east of Wells.
Ashwick
Hamlet
Photo: Lyn Yates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826.
Oakhill
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, in Ashwick parish approximately 2.5 miles north of Shepton Mallet. It lies between the A37 and the A367. Oakhill is today mainly a commuter village of 0.4 square miles in size, and is notable for former activities which including brewing.
Beacon Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Doulting, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2089° or 51° 12′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.5172° or 2° 31′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C3V6F5M+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 304653538OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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