Melcombe Wood

Melcombe Wood is a forest in Mells, Mendip District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Melcombe Wood is situated nearby to the locality Finger Valley, as well as near The Hare Warren.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church and Church of the Holy Trinity, Chantry.

St Andrew’s Church

Church

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St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the village of Mells in the English county of Somerset. The church is a grade I listed building.

Church of the Holy Trinity, Chantry

Church

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of the Holy Trinity at Chantry, in the parish of Whatley, Somerset, England, dates from 1844 to 1846. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Moffatt, with further work by William George Brown of Frome, for James Fussell, who owned the Old Iron Works, Mells.

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 Nunney and Kilmersdon.

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.

Kilmersdon

Village

Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilmersdon is a village and civil parish on the north eastern slopes of the Mendip Hills in Somerset between the towns of Radstock and Frome. It is located on the B3139 between Wells and Trowbridge in Wiltshire.

Buckland Dinham

Village

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Buckland Dinham is a small village near Frome in Somerset, England. The village has a population of 381. The village's main industry is farming, but the village is also a dormitory village for the nearby cities of Bath and Bristol.

Melcombe Wood

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Forest
Location: Mells, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.2317° or 51° 13′ 54″ north

Longitude

-2.4203° or 2° 25′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C3V6HJH+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 31083809

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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