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©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.3km<br/>A fine house with origins in the 17th century.
©John Sutton
Dist:0.4km<br/>A view over the outhouses of Brook House Farm.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.5km<br/>This raised area is the line of the dismantled East Somerset Railway heading towards Shepton Mallet from Wells.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.5km<br/>Steps leading up to a stile and a footpath which leads from West Compton to Burford.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.5km<br/>To say nothing of the recession in the background. Seen from Old Wells Road on the hill south of Croscombe.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>The route of the East Somerset Railway line heading to Wells from Shepton Mallet. Now very overgrown and damp underfoot. The original embankment walls are still in evidence (on the left).
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.7km<br/>A footpath over a field of mowing grass gives a view of Glastonbury Tor [[ST5138]].
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.7km<br/>Glastonbury Tor, six miles or so away, is on the horizon to the left of centre.
©John Sutton
Dist:0.8km<br/>OS Explorer Map 141 calls it Ridge Lane, Where's the path? calls it Ridge Road. You pays yer money and you takes yer choice.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.9km<br/>A man made lake filled from the nearby stream and a rather garish looking pagoda structure.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.9km<br/>Three rather grand looking buildings which make up the complex known as Burford.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.9km<br/>A field of something that looks like maize but I'm not sure, then a fence and a field which contains the remains of the GWR line which ran through Shepton Mallet and Wells. Then there is the valley which holds the River Sheppey and conceals Shepton Mallet.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:1.0km<br/>North of Pilton, looking toward West Compton. A phase splitter on the power line pole converts 3 phase 240 volt current to single phase for domestic or light industrial use.
©Maurice Pullin
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©Alex McGregor

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