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Recommended Towns & Villages near Combe Hay

Parade Gardens, Bath

Bath (835 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Somerset (2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction N)

Bath is an elegant city famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman attractions from which it got it's name. The traveller James Boswell who visited the city.....

Thatched Cottage

Bradford-on-Avon (176 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction E)

Beautiful old town with a rich mixture of mellow Bath stone properties to be seen along ancient winding streets...

Silver Street, Trowbridge

Trowbridge (148 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (7.7 miles, 12.3 km, direction E)

Trowbridge is a historic town crammed with attractive stone buildings. It originated as a settlement along the Biss and flourished from the wool and weaving trades and from these periods there remain many magnificent merchant houses...

View of Bristol from the suspension bridge

Bristol (311 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Somerset (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction NW)

Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame..

House on High St.

Lacock (150 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction NE)

Gatherings of graceful medieval houses line the streets of Lacock..

The Parish Church of Warminster, Wiltshire

Warminster (117 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction SE)

This is a former wool and corn town with a fascinating history stretching back to Saxon times. It sits comfortably beneath the chalk downland of the Salisbury Plain at the head of the beautiful Wyle Valley...

The river Avon at Reybridge, Wiltshire. Taken during the summer of 2004

Reybridge (6 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction NE)

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Looking towards the Cross

Castle Combe (203 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire (13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction NE)

Tucked away in the Cotswolds, Castle Combe is a quintessential English village with honey-colored stone houses, a medieval market cross, and a peaceful ambiance. It's an idyllic destination for a relaxing countryside getaway...

City of Wells

Wells (139 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction SW)

Wells, situated at the foot of the picturesque mendip hills, is most certainly one of England's most delightful cathedral cities...

The Butter Cross, Town Centre, Chippenham

Chippenham (84 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction NE)

Chippenham is a large historic market town in northwest Wiltshire, England, that was established on a crossing of the River Avon. It is believed that some form of settlement has.....

Wookey Hole

Wookey Hole (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction SW)

It is a pleasant resort village made famous by the glittering limestone cavern known as "Wookey Hole" which comprises of several dramatic chambers...

The Ring o Bells Pub, Wookey, Somerset

Wookey (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction SW)

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Stourhead Gardens

Stourton (90 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction S)

Stourton is noted for the church dedicated to St. Peter where you can see many memorials to the famous Hoare banking family and for the house which was the families ancestral home...

The locks near Devizes

Devizes (111 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (16.9 miles, 27.1 km, direction E)

Devizes is a small market town situate on the edge of the great expanse of Salisbury Plain...

jacobs ladder view, Cheddar

Cheddar (132 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (17.5 miles, 28.1 km, direction W)

Often called 'Englands Grand Canyon' Chedder Gorge was carved out by a river that now runs underground...

Glastonbury High Street

Glastonbury (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (19.5 miles, 31.4 km, direction SW)

This little town now enjoys world renown for its annual music festival which attracts thousands of visitors from all over the globe. None-the-less, this still remains very much a.....

Severn beach

Severn Beach (10 Pictures)

in the county of Gloucestershire (19.7 miles, 31.7 km, direction NW)

From this pleasant spot it is possible to get the most marvellous views of the two impressive bridges spanning the River Severn...

East Knoyle Mill, East Knoyle, Wiltshire.

East Knoyle (9 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (20.4 miles, 32.9 km, direction SE)

East Knoyle is situated where the Wiltshire countryside blends into Dorset. The landscape is quite stunning, it has a dramatically changing face of sweeping pastures and hillsides...

Inside Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury (158 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (21.1 miles, 34.0 km, direction NE)

The town stakes its claim to be the oldest borough in England on the fact that it was granted a charter in the year 924 by King Edward..

Old brick farm building on staddle stones in Gillingham, Dorset

Gillingham (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (21.2 miles, 34.1 km, direction S)

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Recommended attractions near Combe Hay

Prior Park, Bath 2005

Prior Park (18 Pictures)

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction NE)

Capability Brown had a hand in establishing the stunning landscape of Prior Park. His services, together with the advice of.....

A picture of Sally Lunns

Sally Lunns (9 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.1 km, direction N)

A one minute stroll from Bath Abbey you will find the oldest house in Bath - Sally Lunn's. Sally Lunn was a young french refugee.....

A picture of Roman Baths

Roman Baths (126 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction N)

Bath has some of the best preserved Roman remains in Britain, with the most spectacular of these being the Roman Baths - A Roman.....

A picture of Bath Pump Rooms

Bath Pump Rooms (9 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction N)

Bath is an important Spa and cultural centre, one of its most famous buildings is the elegant Pump Room of the baths built.....

A picture of Bath Theatre Royal

Bath Theatre Royal (4 Pictures)

(3.3 miles, 5.2 km, direction N)

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Side view of the Bath Abbey.

Bath Abbey (153 Pictures)

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction NE)

Bath Abbey is a beautiful building. The building is sited on the remains of a Norman Cathedral which itself replaced an 8th.....

A picture of Jane Austen Centre

Jane Austen Centre (1 Pictures)

(3.4 miles, 5.4 km, direction N)

Jane Austen, the famous novelist is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous residents. She paid two long.....

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Bath Museum of Costume

(3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction N)

Bath museum of costume is a great experience, especially for anyone interested in either history or fashion. The collection.....

Assembly Rooms, Bath

Bath Assembly Rooms (2 Pictures)

(3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction N)

Bath's magnificent 18th century Assembly Rooms were opened in 1771. Known as the New or Upper Rooms they were designed by John.....

The Building of Bath Museum

Buildings of Bath Museum (2 Pictures)

(3.6 miles, 5.8 km, direction N)

"The Best Treat in Bath" - The Daily Telegraph Discover how the City of Bath was transformed from a small provincial spa town.....

Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Farleigh Hungerford Castle (24 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction E)

In 1383, the then Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Thomas Hungerford had to be pardoned for building Farleigh Hungerford.....

Beckford's Tower, Bath

Beckford's Tower & Museum (3 Pictures)

(4.9 miles, 7.8 km, direction N)

Designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge in 1825 for William Beckford, one of the nation's most accomplished and interesting characters.....

Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle (8 Pictures)

(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction S)

A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....

Dyrham Park,  National Trust owned house in Between Bristol and Chippenham

Dyrham Park (8 Pictures)

(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction N)

This engaging house sits serenely in a beautiful wooded Gloucestershire valley, surrounded by an old deer park. It is built of.....

On the platform.

Longleat House & Safari Park (170 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction SE)

On entering the great grounds of Longleat House through the entrance known as "Heaven's Gate" visitors are immediately struck by.....

Westbury White Horse

Bratton Camp & White Horse (4 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction SE)

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The At-Bristol planetarium. Bristol

At-Bristol (1 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction NW)

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Bristol Cathedral

Bristol Cathedral (11 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction NW)

The great, stirring building of Bristol Cathedral was initially given cathedral status by Henry VIII, at this time it was a.....

Bristol - Cabot Tower

Cabot Tower, Bristol (8 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction NW)

One of two towers dominating the Bristol skyline, and not far from Brunel's Suspension Bridge, Cabot tower stands 100ft high.....

Cistery at Lacock Abbey

Lacock Abbey (97 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction NE)

Lacock is one of the most beautiful villages in England, with houses dating from the 15th-century to the 18th-century. At the.....


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