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Dist:0.4km<br/>The Mill Pond Run-Off at Burcott Mill. From here the stream follows the road and contours (canal-like) to the west. It appears in geographs at [[ST4845]] and [[ST5045]]
©Graham Richards
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.5km<br/>A 19th century watermill powered by a leat from the river Axe. Restored to working order in 1990 and now open to the public and offering accommodation. The internal waterwheel, cast by ironfounders Bodley Brothers, of Exeter, dates from 1864. See http://www.burcottmill.com/pages/firstpage.htm for details of opening times. By the B3139 Wells – Burnham-on-Sea road
©Martin Bodman
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.7km<br/>The churchyard has many old gravestones and tombs. The path leads to Wookey Hall.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.7km<br/>The church has its origins in the 12th century and was restored in 1872 by Giles and Gane.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.7km<br/>The George V reign postbox stands beside the B3139 which passes through the Haybridge area of Wells.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.7km<br/>The lych gate was built in 1936 probably for the jubilee of King George VI.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.8km<br/>Not to be confused with Wookey Hole which has its own church.
©ChurchCrawler
Dist:0.8km<br/>It is difficult to date hedges unless there is documentary evidence as to their planting, but one theory is to count the species in a 30 metre stretch and each species counts as a century. Only count older plants and not saplings. The field is laid to pasture.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.8km<br/>Ben Knowle Hill reached 99m. It is an SSSI because of a rare rock type found on its northern flanks. Mendip council describes it as 'species-rich calcareous grassland, scrub and broadleaved woodland.'
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.9km<br/>A view of the north side of the hill taken from the Burcott Lanes. Hay hill is a lias outlier situated just to the west of Wells.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:1.0km<br/>A view of Hay Hill (and to the right Ben Knowle and Fenny Hill) from the B3139.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:1.0km<br/>Hay Hill is a lias outlier, reaching a height of 85m, to the west of Wells. This photograph shows the western flank of the hill as viewed from Hay Moor.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:1.0km northwest<br/>Cemetery on Doctor's Hill
©Adrian and Janet Quantock

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