Porlock is a Village in the county of Somerset.

Retail in Porlock

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

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

Towns to visit near Porlock include Glastonbury, Langport, Bridgwater, and Weston-super-Mare.

Porlock's best nearby villages can be found at Withycombe, Cheddar, Uphill, and Wookey Hole.

Bristol Airport is a great place to visit close to Porlock if you like airports.

River Axe is a great place to visit close to Porlock if you like rivers and streams.

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

Porlock's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Glastonbury Tor, and Chalice Well.

There are a several good hills in the area around Porlock like Glastonbury Tor.

Porlock is near some unmissable ruins like Glastonbury Abbey,

Porlock's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Chalice Well, and Cheddar Market Cross.

The area around Porlock boasts some of the best lakes including Cellophane Ponds, and Marine Lake - Weston-super-mare.

The area close to Porlock boasts some of the best beaches including Weston-super-Mare Beach.

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

There are a number of hiking areas near to Porlock including Cheddar Gorge.

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

Porlock History

There are some historic monuments around Porlock:

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