Shapwick is a Village in the county of Somerset.

Retail in Shapwick

There are great places to visit near Shapwick 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.

Shapwick has some unmissable cities nearby like Bath, and Wells.

Beckford's Tower, Tropicana, Grand Pier (Weston-super-Mare), and Wells Cathedral are some of Shapwick best historic buildings to visit near Shapwick.

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

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

Shapwick is near some unmissable hills like Glastonbury Tor,

The area around Shapwick's best ruins can be found at Glastonbury Abbey.

Chalice Well, and Cheddar Market Cross are great places to visit near Shapwick if you like historic monuments.

Shapwick's best nearby lakes can be found at Cellophane Ponds, and Marine Lake - Weston-super-mare.

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

Places near Shapwick feature a number of interesting airports including Bristol Airport.

Shapwick is near some unmissable beaches like Weston-super-Mare Beach,

Places near Shapwick feature a number of interesting islands including Knightstone Island.

Places near Shapwick feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Axe.

Cheddar Gorge is one of Shapwick's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Shapwick.

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

Shapwick History

There are some historic monuments around Shapwick:

• Duck decoy, 820m SSW of Little Huckham Farm: the western of three decoys on Walton Moor
• Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor, south of Lord Bath's Drove
• The Abbot's Fish House and fishponds
• Melbury Roman villa
• Duck decoy, 950m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis's Drove
• Village cross
• Low Ham Roman villa
• The easternmost of three duck decoys on Walton Moor
• Wooden trackways on Chilton Moor, 300m west of Station Farm
• Duck decoy, 770m SSE of Gold Corner Bridge
• Duck decoy, 590m south west of Rice Farm
• Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm
• Duck decoy 1km south east of Manor Farm
• Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways 600m north east of Northbrook Farm
• Lake villages NW of Oxenpill
• Roman briquetage mounds on Burtle Moor
• Tinney's trackways, west of Sharpham Bridge
• Bronze Age and Iron Age timber trackways, 700m north west of Coppice Gate Farm
• Timber trackways at Moor Drove, 800m east of Brentsfield Bridge
• Prehistoric timber trackways, 670m SSE of Parchey Bridge
• Section of medieval road, south of Pomparles Bridge, north of Street
• Roman villa N of Stowey Hill
• Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240m south west of Sunnyside Farm
• Timber trackway site, 700m west of Honeygar Farm
• Duck decoy in Sharpham Park, 600m south west of Avalon Farm
• Sections of the Sweet Track, the Post Track and associated remains 500m north east of Moorgate Farm
• Section of the Abbot's Way trackway, 500m WSW of Honeygar Farm
• Timber trackways 850m east of Catcott Burtle Farm
• Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 250m ESE of Station House
• Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon, east of Dundon
• Manor house at Mudgley
• Beckery Chapel and cemetery (site of)
• Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 650m east of Canada Farm
• Blackford Manor House Moat
• Burrow Mump: a motte castle, later chapel and associated earthworks
• Duck decoy on Middle Moor
• Duck decoy east of Barrow Wood Lane