Monk Wood
Monk Wood is a forest in Wanstrow, Mendip District, England. Monk Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Cold Harbour Farm, as well as near Leighton.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.
Asham Wood
Forest
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 in the Area
Nearby places include Wanstrow and Batcombe.
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.
Nunney
Village
Photo: Nabokov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Monk Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wanstrow, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1858° or 51° 11′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.441° or 2° 26′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C3V5HP5+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 31079196OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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