Sparkford Wood
Sparkford Wood is an 8.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Sparkford in Somerset, notified in 1954. Sparkford Wood is a broadleaved semi-natural woodland situated on heavy fertile soils.Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haynes Motor Museum and Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Haynes Motor Museum
Museum
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford near Yeovil in Somerset, England, contains over 300 cars and motorcycles and a collection of other automobilia. The museum was established in 1985 by John Harold Haynes OBE, founder of Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals.
Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sparkford, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Peter in South Barrow, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Cadbury and South Barrow.
South Cadbury
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Cadbury is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Cadbury and Sutton Montis, in the Somerset district of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.
South Barrow
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Barrow is a village and civil parish approximately 2 miles north of Sparkford and 7 miles north-east of Ilchester in the county of Somerset, England.
North Cadbury
Village
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Cadbury is a village and civil parish 5 miles west of Wincanton, by the River Cam, in Somerset, England. It shares its parish council with nearby Yarlington and its civil parish includes the village of Galhampton, which got its name from the settlement of the rent-paying peasants, and the hamlet of Woolston.
Sparkford Wood
- Type: Forest
- Description: protected area in Somerset, England
- Category: protected area
- Location: Sparkford, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.045° or 51° 2′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.5548° or 2° 33′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C3V2CVW+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 56055317OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodWikidata ID
Q7573656
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