Bossington is a Village in the county of Somerset.

Bossington postcode: TA24 8HQ

Retail in Bossington

There are great places to visit near Bossington 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.

Cities to visit near Bossington include Bath, and Wells.

Bossington has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Beckford's Tower, Tropicana, Grand Pier (Weston-super-Mare), and Wells Cathedral.

There are a number of towns near Bossington including Glastonbury, Langport, Bridgwater, and Weston-super-Mare.

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

There are a number of hills near to Bossington including Glastonbury Tor.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Bossington like Glastonbury Abbey.

The area around Bossington boasts some of the best historic monuments including Chalice Well, and Cheddar Market Cross.

Cellophane Ponds, and Marine Lake - Weston-super-mare are some of Bossington best lakes to visit near Bossington.

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

Don't miss Bristol Airport's airports if visiting the area around Bossington.

There are a number of beaches near to Bossington including Weston-super-Mare Beach.

The area close to Bossington boasts some of the best islands including Knightstone Island.

Don't miss River Axe's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Bossington.

The area close to Bossington boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cheddar Gorge.

The area around Bossington features a number of interesting caves including Cheddar Gorge, and Wookey Hole Caves.

Bossington History

There are some historic monuments around Bossington:

• Allerford packhorse bridge, immediately north of Cross Lane Farm
• Round cairn 750m south east of Joaney How Cairn
• Two round barrows on Culbone Hill
• Round cairn cemetery, 570m east of Selworthy Beacon
• Round cairn 1000m ESE of Joaney How Cairn
• Cairn 850m north east of Dunkery Bridge
• Porlock Allotment stone alignment and cairn, 450m west of Porlock stone circle
• Katherine's Well
• Porlock Hill stone setting, 150m north west of the cattle grid on the A39 at the top of Porlock Hill
• Berry Castle, Iron Age enclosure in Berry Castle Wood
• Remains of St Andrew's Chapel, 80m north west of Chapel Cross
• Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400m south east of Joaney How Cairn
• Kit Barrows Cairns
• Bagley Iron Age defended settlement enclosure and deserted medieval farm
• Road Castle
• West Luccombe packhorse bridge
• Round cairn 550m north east of Joaney How Cairn
• Iron Age defended settlement above Sweetworthy (western of two)
• Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross
• Cairn on Bossington Hill, 1.12 km north east of Lynch Mead
• Round cairn 280m south of Rex Stile Head
• Enclosure and associated outworks on Staddon Hill
• Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill
• Cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
• Wilmersham Common West: a stone row 120m south east of the confluence of Chetsford and Embercombe waters
• Iron Age defended settlement above Sweetworthy (eastern of two)
• Dovecote at Little Blackford
• Black Barrow
• Dunkery Beacon and adjacent mounds
• Wilmersham Common stone row 320m south east of the confluence of Embercombe and Chetsford waters
• Two round cairns on Dunkery Hill, 390m and 420m south east of Rex Stile Head
• Round barrow 800yds (730m) SW of Dunkery Beacon
• The Mound, Stoke Ridge, Stoke Pero
• Two standing stones and a mound 200m WSW of Black Barrow, Hoscombe
• Doverhay Down round barrow, Porlock
• Sweetworthy Iron Age defended settlement
• Alderman's Barrow at N of Almsworthy Common
• Porlock Allotment 1: a stone alignment 450m SSE of Black Barrow
• Stone circle, Porlock Common
• Incised stone W of Stent Hill
• Cross in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
• Horner packhorse bridge
• The Whit Stones: two standing stones 230m west of Whitstone Post
• Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge
• Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement, Furzebury Brake
• Bury Castle, an Iron Age defended settlement
• Agnes Fountain
• Group of four barrows and cairns known as 'Rowbarrows' including Great Rowbarrow and Little Rowbarrow
• Selworthy Beacon cairn
• Bendel's Barrows, Exford Common
• Deserted medieval farm, W of Bramble Combe
• Sweetworthy deserted medieval settlement
• Allerford New Bridge