Exford is a Village in the county of Somerset.

Retail in Exford

There are great places to visit near Exford 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.

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

The area around Exford boasts some of the best historic buildings including Beckford's Tower, Tropicana, Grand Pier (Weston-super-Mare), and Wells Cathedral.

The area around Exford boasts some of the best towns including Glastonbury, Langport, Bridgwater, and Weston-super-Mare.

Glastonbury Tor, and Chalice Well are great places to visit near Exford if you like ancient sites.

Places near Exford feature a number of interesting hills including Glastonbury Tor.

There are a number of ruins near to Exford including Glastonbury Abbey.

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

Exford has some unmissable lakes nearby like Cellophane Ponds, and Marine Lake - Weston-super-mare.

Withycombe, Uphill, Cheddar, and Wookey Hole are some of Exford best villages to visit near Exford.

Airports to visit near Exford include Bristol Airport.

There are a several good beaches in the area around Exford like Weston-super-Mare Beach.

The area close to Exford boasts some of the best islands including Knightstone Island.

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

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

There are a several good caves in the Exford area like Cheddar Gorge, and Wookey Hole Caves.

Exford History

There are some historic monuments around Exford:

• Two round barrows on Twitchen Ridge
• Allerford packhorse bridge, immediately north of Cross Lane Farm
• Linear barrow and cairn cemetery on Cosgate Hill, circa 240m north-west of County Gate Visitor Centre
• Packhorse bridge 60m north east of Royal Oak Farm
• Standing stones on Manor allotment
• Swap Hill standing stone 200m south east of the Long Combe sheep pen
• Kittuck stone setting and cairn, 200m south west of Three Combes Foot
• Round barrow 800yds (730m) SW of Dunkery Beacon
• Barle Bridge
• The Mound, Stoke Ridge, Stoke Pero
• Beckham stone alignment and mound, 450m south east of the Long Combe sheep pen
• Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill
• Malmsmead Bridge
• Landacre Bridge
• Deserted medieval village 630m north-west of Clannacombe Plantation
• Round barrow on East Anstey Common
• Doverhay Down round barrow, Porlock
• Stone circle on Withypool Hill 670m ESE of Portford Bridge
• Old Barrow on Old Barrow Down
• Enclosure and associated outworks on Staddon Hill
• Almsworthy Common: a stone alignment 560m south west of Chetsford Bridge
• Cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
• Wilmersham Common stone row 320m south east of the confluence of Embercombe and Chetsford waters
• Four round barrows on The Allotment, 520m south east of Spire Cross
• Round barrow cemetery incorporating Wambarrows on Winsford Hill
• Bendel's Barrows, Exford Common
• Dunkery Beacon and adjacent mounds
• Oldberry Castle
• Iron Age defended settlement above Sweetworthy (eastern of two)
• Stone circle, Porlock Common
• Porlock Allotment stone alignment and cairn, 450m west of Porlock stone circle
• Brewer's Castle
• Tarr Steps
• Earthwork enclosure on Winsford Hill, 200m south east of Wambarrows
• Lanacombe 3: a stone setting and cairn on the east side of Lanacombe
• Two round barrows on Culbone Hill
• West Luccombe packhorse bridge
• Stone circle on Badgworthy Lees
• Horner packhorse bridge
• Green Barrow on Hawkridge Common
• Round barrow on Great Tom's Hill
• Sweetworthy deserted medieval settlement
• Mounsey Castle and an associated outwork 100m to the north
• Round cairn 550m north east of Joaney How Cairn
• Packhorse bridge 75m south east of The Old Vicarage
• Cairn on Bossington Hill, 1.12 km north east of Lynch Mead
• East Pinford: a stone alignment on the west side of East Pinford 700m west of Long Combe sheep pen
• Porlock Allotment 1: a stone alignment 450m SSE of Black Barrow
• Iron Age defended settlement above Sweetworthy (western of two)
• Cow Castle
• Round cairn 750m south east of Joaney How Cairn
• Two standing stones and a mound 200m WSW of Black Barrow, Hoscombe
• Lanacombe 4: a stone setting on the ENE side of Lanacombe
• Allerford New Bridge
• Round cairn 1000m ESE of Joaney How Cairn
• Black Barrow
• Trout Hill 1: a stone setting on the north east end of Trout Hill 550m south west of the foot bridge over Badgworthy Water
• Caratacus Stone: an inscribed stone 140m east of Spire Cross
• Brightworthy Barrows on Withypool Common
• Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400m south east of Joaney How Cairn
• Sweetworthy Iron Age defended settlement
• Churchyard cross 6.5m west of Twitchen church
• Two round barrows on West Anstey Common
• Trout Hill 3: a stone setting on the north east end of Trout Hill 850m SSW of the foot bridge over Badgeworthy Water
• Trout Hill 2: a stone setting on the north east end of Trout Hill 610m south of the foot bridge over Badgworthy Water
• Agnes Fountain
• Round cairn 280m south of Rex Stile Head
• Porlock Hill stone setting, 150m north west of the cattle grid on the A39 at the top of Porlock Hill
• Alderman's Barrow at N of Almsworthy Common
• Bury Castle, an Iron Age defended settlement
• Wilmersham Common West: a stone row 120m south east of the confluence of Chetsford and Embercombe waters
• The Whit Stones: two standing stones 230m west of Whitstone Post
• Selworthy Beacon cairn
• Swap Hill stone setting, 275m south east of the Long Combe sheep pen
• Group of four barrows and cairns known as 'Rowbarrows' including Great Rowbarrow and Little Rowbarrow
• Remains of St Andrew's Chapel, 80m north west of Chapel Cross
• Incised stone W of Stent Hill
• Bagley Iron Age defended settlement enclosure and deserted medieval farm
• Oare Bridge
• Cairn 850m north east of Dunkery Bridge
• Katherine's Well
• Two round cairns on Dunkery Hill, 390m and 420m south east of Rex Stile Head
• Road Castle
• Cross in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
• Bowl barrow and round cairn on Withypool Hill, 850m and 820m east of Portford Bridge
• Kit Barrows Cairns
• Round barrows and two standing stones near Withycombe Ridge Water
• Round barrow 720m NNW of Spire Cross
• Old Burrow
• Berry Castle, Iron Age enclosure in Berry Castle Wood