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.

Bossington's best nearby cities can be found at 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.

The area around Bossington features a number of interesting ancient sites including Glastonbury Tor, and Chalice Well.

Places near Bossington feature a number of interesting hills including Glastonbury Tor.

Don't miss Glastonbury Abbey's ruins if visiting the area around Bossington.

The area around Bossington features a number of interesting historic monuments including Chalice Well, and Cheddar Market Cross.

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

There are a number of villages near Bossington including Withycombe, Uphill, Cheddar, and Wookey Hole.

Bristol Airport is one of Bossington's best, nearby airports to visit in Bossington.

Don't miss Weston-super-Mare Beach's beaches if visiting the area around Bossington.

Knightstone Island is a great place to visit close to Bossington if you like islands.

Bossington is near some unmissable rivers and streams like River Axe,

Bossington is near some unmissable hiking areas like Cheddar Gorge,

Cheddar Gorge, and Wookey Hole Caves are some of Bossington best caves to visit near Bossington.

Bossington History

There are some historic monuments around Bossington:

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