Postlebury Wood
Postlebury Wood is a forest in Wanstrow, Mendip District, England. Postlebury Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Cloford Common, as well as near the village Trudoxhill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nunney Castle and Church of All Saints, Nunney.
Nunney Castle
Castle
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nunney Castle is a medieval castle at Nunney in the English county of Somerset. Built in the late 14th century by Sir John Delamare on the profits of his involvement in the Hundred Years' War, the moated castle's architectural style, possibly influenced by the design of French castles, has provoked considerable academic debate.
Church of All Saints, Nunney
Church
Photo: Nabokov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of All Saints at Nunney, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century. It was probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon or Norman church from which a Saxon cross and Norman font can still be seen.
St Leonard’s Church, Marston Bigot
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Leonard in Marston Bigot, Somerset, England, was built by Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork and Orrery, to replace an earlier church on another site which he had had demolished for spoiling the view from Marston House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nunney and Wanstrow.
Nunney
Village
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Nunney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It is located 3 miles south-west of Frome and the parish includes the hamlet of Holwell.
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.
Witham Friary
Village
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Witham Friary is a small English village and civil parish located between the towns of Frome and Bruton in the county of Somerset. It is in the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the ancient Forest of Selwood.
Postlebury Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wanstrow, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.1905° or 51° 11′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.3787° or 2° 22′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C3V5JRC+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 31077289OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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