Ilchester is a Village in the county of Somerset.

Retail in Ilchester

There are great places to visit near Ilchester 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.

There are a several good cities in the Ilchester area like Bath, and Wells.

There are a number of historic buildings near Ilchester including Beckford's Tower, Tropicana, Grand Pier (Weston-super-Mare), and Wells Cathedral.

Don't miss Glastonbury, Langport, Bridgwater, and Weston-super-Mare's towns if visiting the area around Ilchester.

Glastonbury Tor, and Chalice Well are some of Ilchester best ancient sites to visit near Ilchester.

Glastonbury Tor is a great place to visit close to Ilchester if you like hills.

Ruins to visit near Ilchester include Glastonbury Abbey.

Historic Monuments to visit near Ilchester include Chalice Well, and Cheddar Market Cross.

Lakes to visit near Ilchester include Cellophane Ponds, and Marine Lake - Weston-super-mare.

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

Airports to visit near Ilchester include Bristol Airport.

Weston-super-Mare Beach is one of Ilchester's best, nearby beaches to visit in Ilchester.

There are a number of islands near to Ilchester including Knightstone Island.

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

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

Ilchester has some unmissable caves nearby like Cheddar Gorge, and Wookey Hole Caves.

Ilchester History

There are some historic monuments around Ilchester:

• Moated site at Hinton Farm
• Medieval settlement remains 100m and 250m north of Downhead Manor Farm
• Roman temporary camp at East Farm
• Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood
• Pill Bridge
• Melbury Roman villa
• The easternmost of three duck decoys on Walton Moor
• Chessels Roman villa
• Linear earthwork in Butleigh Wood
• Medieval standing cross 6m north west of the west front of St Mary's Church
• Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber
• Bineham City deserted village
• Later Iron Age enclosure, Ilchester Mead
• Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon, east of Dundon
• Deserted medieval settlement and associated fields, Lytes Cary
• Northover House, late Roman cemetery
• Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm
• Duck decoy 700m WNW of Rookery Farm
• Montacute Castle: a motte and bailey castle on St Michael's Hill.
• Roman villa at Lufton
• Bowl barrow known as `Wimble Toot'
• Roman settlement remains immediately south of Westland Road
• Hamdon Hill camp
• Ilchester Roman town
• Site of a Cluniac priory immediately east of Abbey Farm
• Roman villa N of Dunnock's Lane
• Medieval settlement 190m south west of Perry's Bridge
• Somerton Market Cross
• Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor, south of Lord Bath's Drove
• West Mudford medieval settlement, 500m south west of West Mudford Farm
• Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm