Harridge Wood East

Harridge Wood East is a forest in Stratton on the Fosse, Mendip District, England. Harridge Wood East is situated near the hamlet Stoke Bottom, as well as near Nettlebridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Downside Abbey and Harridge Wood.

Downside Abbey

Church

Photo: D.O.G.A., CC BY-SA 3.0.

Downside Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in England and the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the education of children aged 11 to 18.

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.

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. It lies 16 miles south-west 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.

Midsomer Norton

Town

Photo: Nigel Shoosmith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Midsomer Norton is a town near the Mendip Hills in Bath and North East Somerset, England. It lies 10 miles south-west of Bath, 10 miles north-east of Wells, 10 miles north-west of Frome, 12 miles west of Trowbridge and 16 miles south-east of Bristol.

Harridge Wood East

Type: Forest
Location: Stratton on the Fosse, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.2327° or 51° 13′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.4887° or 2° 29′ 19″ west

Open location code

9C3V6GM6+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 414398541

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Stoke Bottom and Nettlebridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ten Minute Arete and Edford Woods and Meadows.

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