Ansford is a Town in the county of Somerset.

Retail in Ansford

There are great places to visit near Ansford including some great cities, historic buildings, towns, ancient sites, hills, ruins, historic monuments, lakes, villages, airports, beaches, islands, rivers and streams, hiking areas and caves.

Don't miss Bath, and Wells's cities if visiting the area around Ansford.

Beckford's Tower, Tropicana, Grand Pier (Weston-super-Mare), and Wells Cathedral are great places to visit near Ansford if you like historic buildings.

Glastonbury, Langport, Bridgwater, and Weston-super-Mare are great places to visit near Ansford if you like towns.

Ancient Sites to visit near Ansford include Glastonbury Tor, and Chalice Well.

Don't miss Glastonbury Tor's hills if visiting the area around Ansford.

Places near Ansford feature a number of interesting ruins including Glastonbury Abbey.

Don't miss Chalice Well, and Cheddar Market Cross's historic monuments if visiting the area around Ansford.

Ansford has some unmissable lakes nearby like Cellophane Ponds, and Marine Lake - Weston-super-mare.

Villages to visit near Ansford include Withycombe, Uphill, Cheddar, and Wookey Hole.

Airports to visit near Ansford include Bristol Airport.

There are a several good beaches in the area around Ansford like Weston-super-Mare Beach.

Ansford is near some unmissable islands like Knightstone Island,

The area close to Ansford boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Axe.

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Ansford like Cheddar Gorge.

Cheddar Gorge, and Wookey Hole Caves are great places to visit near Ansford if you like caves.

Ansford History

There are some historic monuments around Ansford:

• Deserted medieval site W of Lower Batch Farm
• Prospect tower 230m south of King's School
• Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow 370m east of Clover Farm: part of a group of round barrows west of Cranmore railway station
• Lower Woolston medieval settlement
• Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks
• Roman building 600yds (549m) SW of Lower Sutton Farm
• Hillfort at Fox Covert, 550m north east of Lamyatt Lodge
• Moated manor house site, Spargrove Farm
• The Round House
• A motte with two baileys immediately north of Park Pond
• Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm
• Medieval settlement 190m south west of Perry's Bridge
• Medieval standing cross 50m west of St Peter's Church
• An area of the Romano-British linear village at Fosse Lane, Shepton Mallet
• Earthwork N of Stubbs Wood, Merehead
• Augustinian priory, later abbey and associated pillow mound, at King's School
• Bowl barrow on Charn Hill
• Maperton medieval settlement
• Tithe barn
• The tithe barn
• Roman building at Lamyatt Beacon, Creech Hill
• Bolter's Bridge, Hornblotton
• Medieval wayside cross at Bodden
• Two bowl barrows on Barren Down, 250m north west of Princes Lodge
• Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury
• Medieval bridge 100m south west of Wyke House
• Village cross
• Small Down Knoll camp
• Market cross in the market place
• The Packhorse Bridge 100m north west of the Church of St Mary