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Photo of St Mary's Church, Bishops Lydeard, a church in Somerset, south west England.

© Lewis Clarke / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Mary's Church, Bishops Lydeard

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A red-sandstone church with a good Somerset tower, standing in Bishops Lydeard where the West Somerset Railway begins its run to the coast. Inside are a painted rood screen and old bench ends carved with foxes and geese. Open to visitors, and an easy stop before or after a steam trip up the line.

More places to visit near St Mary's Church, Bishops Lydeard

Photo of West Somerset Railway, a visitor attraction near Crowcombe, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

West Somerset Railway

Attraction near Crowcombe

Britain's longest standard-gauge heritage line, running steam trains twenty miles from Bishops Lydeard along the coast to Minehead.

0.9 km S

Photo of the Quantock Hills, a National Landscape in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Quantock Hills

National Landscape near Holford

England's first protected landscape, a heather ridge above deep wooded combes, with red deer and the sea close by

1.8 km N

Photo of Crowcombe, a village in Somerset, south west England.

Crowcombe

Village

Ancient village on the south-western slopes of the Quantocks, gathered round the Grade I Church of the Holy Ghost and its carved bench ends.

5.4 km NW · Somerset

Photo of Fyne Court, a country estate near Crowcombe in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, south west England.

Fyne Court

Country estate near Crowcombe

Grounds of the Georgian home where the 'Thunder and Lightning Man' ran electrical experiments.

5.9 km NE

Photo of Hestercombe Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden near Crowcombe, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Hestercombe Gardens

House & garden near Crowcombe

Three gardens from three centuries, including an early Lutyens and Jekyll formal garden.

7.5 km E

Photo of Exmoor, a National Park in south west England.Iconic

Exmoor

National Park near Winsford

High moor meeting a dramatic coast, with red deer and some of England's darkest skies.

9.1 km NW