Higher Bye Solar Farm

Higher Bye Solar Farm is a power station in Old Cleeve, West Somerset District, England. Higher Bye Solar Farm is situated nearby to the ruins Clyden’s Cross, Prayer Cross (remains), as well as near the forest Furzy Ground Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Washford railway station and Tropiquaria.

Washford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in England. The station is situated in the village of Washford, which is itself within the civil parish of Old Cleeve in the county of Somerset. Washford railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Higher Bye Solar Farm.

Tropiquaria

Zoo

Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tropiquaria Zoo is a small tropical house and zoo in Somerset, England. It is located at Washford Cross, 16 miles from Taunton and 9 miles from Minehead. Tropiquaria is situated 1 mile southeast of Higher Bye Solar Farm.

Daw’s Castle

Castle

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Daw's Castle is a sea cliff hillfort just west of Watchet, a harbour town in Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Monument. The name comes from Thomas Dawe, who owned castell field in 1537. Daw’s Castle is situated 1 mile northeast of Higher Bye Solar Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cleeve and Washford.

Old Cleeve

Village

Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Cleeve is a village 5 miles south east of Minehead in Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares and includes the villages of Old Cleeve, Roadwater and Washford as well as hamlets such as Bilbrook, Chapel Cleeve, Golsoncott and Leighland Chapel.

Washford

Village

Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in England.