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Recommended Towns & Villages near Thornfalcon

Higher Maunsell

Bridgwater (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction N)

Bridgwater emerged from a village of the Middle Ages to become a prosperous river-port. Later, it became known as the place where Monmouth proclaimed himself King...

Langport in Somerset. All Saints church on the hill overlooking the town

Langport (7 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction E)

This old town cradled at the heart of the Somerset Levels, sits bounded by the soft rolling Somerset countryside...

Chard

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction S)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

A picture of Martock

Martock (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (11.7 miles, 18.9 km, direction E)

The interior of Martock's Ham-stone church is perhaps the grandest in all Somerset, the startling effect of the golden stone against the most lavishly decorated of the county's great tie-beam roofs is simply overwhelming...

Quantocks

Holford (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (13.3 miles, 21.3 km, direction NW)

Holford lies in a peaceful wooded valley at the foot of the lovely Quantock Hills crowning the landscape where the county of Somerset sweeps towards the coast...

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (14.5 miles, 23.4 km, direction S)

Charming village in the Devonshire countryside with a wonderful old thatched pub serving excellent food and a fantastic church. Well worth a look..

Church at Axminster, Devon

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction S)

Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon...

The Drewe Arms, Broadhembury

Broadhembury (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction SW)

Broadhembury is an idyllic village which is an oasis of calm and beauty lying at the edge of the Blackdown Hills...

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction NE)

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.....

A panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (17.3 miles, 27.9 km, direction SE)

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St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (18.7 miles, 30.0 km, direction S)

The town of Colyton, in Devon, first appeared as an ancient village around 700 AD and appeared inthe Doomsday Book as 'Culitone'. It was once described as "the most rebellious.....

St Mary's Church, Netherbury, Dorset

Netherbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction SE)

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Golden Cap, Dorset

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (19.5 miles, 31.4 km, direction S)

This pretty resort grew up in a gap of cliffs overlooking picturesque Lyme Bay. In the days prior to the motor car it was a fashionable coaching stop. One illustrious visitor of.....

Blue Anchor, Somerset

Blue Anchor (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (20.0 miles, 32.2 km, direction NW)

Blue Anchor in Somerset is a village dominated by the bay in which it is named after, and by the Hoburn Holiday Park, a quiet well kept park for holiday makers that sits just.....

A view of Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (276 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction S)

Almost the first thing you notice about this pleasant seaside resort, is the spaciousness of the town. The second, and nothing can prepare you for this, is the sheer scale of Lyme Bay with its splendid views towards the rugged sandstone cliffs west of Eype Mouth...

Axmouth Harbour, Devon. Winter sunset.

Axmouth (16 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (20.2 miles, 32.6 km, direction S)

This quiet resort of colourwashed cottages sitting at the edge of the River Axe was once an important south Devon port...

The Ring o Bells Pub, Wookey, Somerset

Wookey (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (20.4 miles, 32.7 km, direction NE)

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Thatched cottage

Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (21.0 miles, 33.8 km, direction SE)

A long, winding lane, flanked by grassy banks covered in fern and wild flowers, leads to the picture postcard village of Melbury Osmond..

High Tide

Seaton (312 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Devon (21.1 miles, 33.9 km, direction S)

The town is mostly Victorian and Edwardian in character, you only have to cast your eyes above today's modern shop fronts to see handsome overhanging bay windows which belong firmly to another era...

Wookey Hole

Wookey Hole (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (21.4 miles, 34.4 km, direction NE)

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

Recommended attractions near Thornfalcon

Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction W)

The turbulent past of historic Taunton Castle, is masked by its transformation into a luxurious comfortable hotel with an award.....

Snowdrops at Otterhead. The Blackdown hills in the county of Somerset, England

The Blackdown Hills (21 Pictures)

(7.5 miles, 12.0 km, direction SW)

Fascinating scenic area where you can enjoy an extraordinary variety of scenery ranging from tiny coppices to vast woodlands, all.....

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction SE)

Barrington Court is an attractive 16th-century house built in the engaging "E" shaped style of the period in mellow Ham Hill.....

Amur leopard

The Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas (2 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction SE)

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Field with Black Down Hills, Devon

Black Down Hills (8 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.4 km, direction SW)

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Forde Abbey, nr Chard, Somerset. A former Cistercian foundation. Photo taken September 1991.

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.5 km, direction SE)

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Halsway Manor Children's Festival

Halsway Manor (4 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction NW)

Halsway Manor is unique residential Folk Centre set on the southern slopes of the Quantock Hills in West Somerset. Set in.....

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.1 km, direction E)

This is one of the most glittering of all the great Elizabethan mansions in England. It is built of glowing honey-coloured Ham.....

Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills (216 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 23.9 km, direction NW)

This beautiful range of hills is a part of England where stags and deer can still be seen roaming freely. In many ways the.....

Loughwood Meeting House, Dalwood, Near Axminster, Devon. Owned by the National Trust

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction S)

17th-century thatched Baptist meeting house, constructed approx 1653...

Lytes Cary Manor, June 2009

Lytes Cary Manor (42 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction E)

Intimate manor house with Arts & Crafts-style garden. Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel, this was home to medieval.....

Glastonbury Abbey, Fall 2006

Glastonbury Abbey (95 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction NE)

This is believed to be the site of the oldest Christian Church in the world, for centuries it has been the focus of Christian.....

Chalice Well Entrance

The Chalice Well Gardens (11 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction NE)

There are many associations with Chalice Well covering countless centuries; it is a timeless and sacred place, full of legend,.....

Glastonbury Tor, Glastonbury, Somerset

Glastonbury Tor (37 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.5 km, direction NE)

Swirling mists rise over the Somerset Levels, where approaching the town of Glastonbury, suddenly above the mist you catch a.....

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum (3 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction E)

The Fleet Air Arm Museum houses Europe's largest Naval aviation collection. Go on-board Concorde and be transported by a.....

A view of the Marine Aquarium on the old Cobb with Lyme regis, Dorset, in the background.

Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (1 Pictures)

(19.9 miles, 32.1 km, direction S)

Where better to see and learn about the creatures of the deep than in an aquarium suite set tantalizingly beside the sea. Well,.....

Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis Museum (2 Pictures)

(20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction S)

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Blackberry Camp. - Iron age settlement near - Beer. Devon

Blackbury Camp (18 Pictures)

(20.4 miles, 32.8 km, direction S)

Blackbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort situated in Southleigh, Devon, England. The hillfort was built during the 4th century and.....

Wells Cathedral in Wells, Somerset

Wells Cathedral (99 Pictures)

(21.5 miles, 34.6 km, direction NE)

Wells Cathedral is the most perfect example of an ecclesiastical city from the days when the order of life was God, King and.....

Wookey Hole Caves, Wookey Hole village, Somerset.

Wookey Hole Caves and Papermill (10 Pictures)

(21.6 miles, 34.8 km, direction NE)

These dazzling show caves offer a glittering experience in floodlit chambers deep underground. This is the spiritual home of the.....


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