Porlock is a Village in the county of Somerset.

Retail in Porlock

There are great places to visit near Porlock 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.

There are a number of cities near Porlock including Bath, and Wells.

The area around Porlock features a number of interesting historic buildings including Beckford's Tower, Tropicana, Grand Pier (Weston-super-Mare), and Wells Cathedral.

Don't miss Glastonbury, Langport, Bridgwater, and Weston-super-Mare's towns if visiting the area around Porlock.

Ancient Sites to visit near Porlock include Glastonbury Tor, and Chalice Well.

Glastonbury Tor is a great place to visit close to Porlock if you like hills.

Don't miss Glastonbury Abbey's ruins if visiting the area around Porlock.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Porlock area like Chalice Well, and Cheddar Market Cross.

Cellophane Ponds, and Marine Lake - Weston-super-mare are great places to visit near Porlock if you like lakes.

Villages to visit near Porlock include Withycombe, Uphill, Cheddar, and Wookey Hole.

Porlock is near some unmissable airports like Bristol Airport,

Places near Porlock feature a number of interesting beaches including Weston-super-Mare Beach.

Don't miss Knightstone Island's islands if visiting the area around Porlock.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Porlock include River Axe.

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

There are a number of caves near Porlock including Cheddar Gorge, and Wookey Hole Caves.

Porlock History

There are some historic monuments around Porlock:

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