Black Bunting Wood

Wood, Forest in Somerset Mendip

England

Black Bunting Wood

Car parked at the start of Fental Lane, Ukrainian flag on fence
Car parked at the start of Fental Lane, Ukrainian flag on fence Credit: Rob Purvis

Black Bunting Wood is a picturesque forest located in Somerset, a county in southwestern England. Nestled amidst the rolling hills and green meadows, this wood spans over a vast area and is renowned for its natural beauty and tranquility. The wood is predominantly made up of a variety of indigenous trees, including oak, ash, beech, and birch, which create a dense canopy that provides shade and shelter to numerous wildlife species.

The forest floor is a tapestry of vibrant wildflowers, ferns, and mosses, adding to the enchanting atmosphere of the wood. Walking through the wood, visitors can hear the melodic songs of birds, such as thrushes, blackbirds, and warblers, while squirrels scamper among the branches. The wood is also home to a rich array of insect life, including butterflies, bees, and beetles.

Black Bunting Wood offers several walking trails and paths, allowing visitors to explore its natural wonders at their own pace. These trails meander through the wood, taking hikers past babbling brooks, small ponds, and hidden clearings. The wood also features a picnic area, where visitors can take a break and enjoy a peaceful meal surrounded by nature.

The wood is open to the public throughout the year, with different seasons offering their own unique charm. In the spring, the forest bursts into life with the arrival of bluebells and the sweet scent of blossoms filling the air. In the autumn, the wood is transformed into a tapestry of red, orange, and gold as the leaves change color.

Black Bunting Wood is a haven for nature lovers and provides an opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of modern life, immersing oneself in the beauty and serenity of the natural world.

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Black Bunting Wood Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 51.204571/-2.4630742 or Grid Reference ST6745. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Car parked at the start of Fental Lane, Ukrainian flag on fence
Car parked at the start of Fental Lane, Ukrainian flag on fence
Tadhill House Farm buildings
Tadhill House Farm buildings
Old Milepost by A361, village of Dean The Milepost is located on the grass verge near houses on the South of the road.  Parish of Cranmore (Mendip District). Cast iron post, plated iron casting design, erected by the Shepton Mallet turnpike trust in the 19th Century. It has been broken and welded back together (on back of top "BUCI") and repositioned. A photograph before the repainting can be found here: <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6072295" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6072295">Link</a> 

Inscription reads:-  
SHEPTON / MALLET / 4 : : FROME / 8 : : LONDON / 111 

Milestone Society National ID: SO_SMFR04
Old Milepost by A361, village of Dean
The Milepost is located on the grass verge near houses on the South of the road.  Parish of Cranmore (Mendip District). Cast iron post, plated iron casting design, erected by the Shepton Mallet turnpike trust in the 19th Century. It has been broken and welded back together (on back of top "BUCI") and repositioned. A photograph before the repainting can be found here: Link  Inscription reads:- SHEPTON / MALLET / 4 : : FROME / 8 : : LONDON / 111 Milestone Society National ID: SO_SMFR04
Old Milestone by Old Wells Road, near Tadhill House Farm The Milestone is located on grass verge on the South of the road.  Parish of Downhead (Mendip District). Stone post (plate lost), Frome square iron plate design, erected by the Frome turnpike trust in the 18th Century, plate repainted by MSS summer 2009. An earlier photograph can be found here: <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6037568" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6037568">Link</a> 

Inscription reads:-  
Frome / 6 / Wells / 9 

Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1345266 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1345266" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1345266">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> 

Milestone Society National ID: SO_FRWL06
Old Milestone by Old Wells Road, near Tadhill House Farm
The Milestone is located on grass verge on the South of the road.  Parish of Downhead (Mendip District). Stone post (plate lost), Frome square iron plate design, erected by the Frome turnpike trust in the 18th Century, plate repainted by MSS summer 2009. An earlier photograph can be found here: Link Inscription reads:- Frome / 6 / Wells / 9 Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1345266 LinkExternal link Milestone Society National ID: SO_FRWL06
2011 : The former Church of St.James, East Cranmore "The origin of the name Cranmore comes from the Old English Crane Mere meaning 'Cranes/herons' pool'." 
Copied from <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.cranmore.org/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.cranmore.org/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> a most interesting website.

Seen from the other side in <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/485732">ST6843 : Former church at East Cranmore</a>
2011 : The former Church of St.James, East Cranmore
"The origin of the name Cranmore comes from the Old English Crane Mere meaning 'Cranes/herons' pool'." Copied from LinkExternal link a most interesting website. Seen from the other side in ST6843 : Former church at East Cranmore
2011 : Western Farm, Cranmore On the road between Cranmore and East Cranmore.
Farm land and buildings currently for sale.
2011 : Western Farm, Cranmore
On the road between Cranmore and East Cranmore. Farm land and buildings currently for sale.
2011 : Quarry Way Business Park, For a list of its denizens see the board.
2011 : Quarry Way Business Park,
For a list of its denizens see the board.
2011 : Road to Wellington Farm, East Cranmore This is within half a mile of one of the largest quarries on the Mendips yet there is no sight and very little sound of it.
2011 : Road to Wellington Farm, East Cranmore
This is within half a mile of one of the largest quarries on the Mendips yet there is no sight and very little sound of it.
2011 : Main road through East  Cranmore The gateway on the right gives access to <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2357732">ST6843 : 2011 : The former Church of St.James, East Cranmore</a>
A little about East Cranmore in <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.francisfrith.com/east-cranmore/#utmcsr=bing.com&utmcmd=referral&utmccn=bing.com" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.francisfrith.com/east-cranmore/#utmcsr=bing.com&utmcmd=referral&utmccn=bing.com">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
2011 : Main road through East Cranmore
The gateway on the right gives access to ST6843 : 2011 : The former Church of St.James, East Cranmore A little about East Cranmore in LinkExternal link
2011 : Fields and view from the lane east of Cranmore Cranmore Tower [<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/ST6745">ST6745</a>] lifts its head above surrounding trees on the horizon.
A small beech wood begins showing its leaves, the foreground field looks a little sad, not sure what crop it contains.
2011 : Fields and view from the lane east of Cranmore
Cranmore Tower [ST6745] lifts its head above surrounding trees on the horizon. A small beech wood begins showing its leaves, the foreground field looks a little sad, not sure what crop it contains.
2011 : Over the fields to Cranmore Seen from the road between Cranmore and East Cranmore.
The Church of St. Bartholomew is outstanding.
2011 : Over the fields to Cranmore
Seen from the road between Cranmore and East Cranmore. The Church of St. Bartholomew is outstanding.
2011 : Fields near Western Farm, Cranmore Looking north west from the road between Cranmore and East Cranmore.
2011 : Fields near Western Farm, Cranmore
Looking north west from the road between Cranmore and East Cranmore.
2011 : Fields and hedgerows near Western Farm Seen from the road to Cranmore.
Cattle in the next field enjoy the new spring grass. Care must be taken to ensure they do not enjoy too much of it and suffer from the bloat, a condition in which fermentation gases build up in the stomach, usually painful, sometimes fatal if not treated.
These gases are rich in methane, the condition should not be relieved in the presence of a naked flame or other source of ignition, the results can be explosive.
For more info visit: <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/%24Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex6769" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/%24Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex6769">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
2011 : Fields and hedgerows near Western Farm
Seen from the road to Cranmore. Cattle in the next field enjoy the new spring grass. Care must be taken to ensure they do not enjoy too much of it and suffer from the bloat, a condition in which fermentation gases build up in the stomach, usually painful, sometimes fatal if not treated. These gases are rich in methane, the condition should not be relieved in the presence of a naked flame or other source of ignition, the results can be explosive. For more info visit: LinkExternal link
2011 : A gathering of toposcopes At a viewpoint south west of Merehead Quarry. On a day not suitable for long distance viewing.

Since writing the above have wondered what the collective noun for "toposcope" would be - a panorama perhaps?
2011 : A gathering of toposcopes
At a viewpoint south west of Merehead Quarry. On a day not suitable for long distance viewing. Since writing the above have wondered what the collective noun for "toposcope" would be - a panorama perhaps?
2011 : Warning sign, Merehead Quarry On a public footpath near the top of a cliff.
2011 : Warning sign, Merehead Quarry
On a public footpath near the top of a cliff.
2011 : Footpath and bridleway near Merehead Quarry Follows the edge of the quarry which is well protected.
Cranmore Tower appears on the hill in front <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/ST6745">ST6745</a>
2011 : Footpath and bridleway near Merehead Quarry
Follows the edge of the quarry which is well protected. Cranmore Tower appears on the hill in front ST6745
2011 : Minor road entering Waterlip A small business park is along the road opposite on the site of an old quarry.
2011 : Minor road entering Waterlip
A small business park is along the road opposite on the site of an old quarry.
2011 : Entrance to Waterlip Business Park On the site of a disused quarry.
2011 : Entrance to Waterlip Business Park
On the site of a disused quarry.
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Black Bunting Wood is located at Grid Ref: ST6745 (Lat: 51.204571, Lng: -2.4630742)

Administrative County: Somerset

District: Mendip

Police Authority: Avon and Somerset

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///coasting.uniform.isolated. Near Shepton Mallet, Somerset

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Nearby Amenities

Located within 500m of 51.204571,-2.4630742
Cranmore Tower
Access: customers
Construction: freestanding
Construction Date: 1860
Height: 40
Man Made: tower
Tower Type: observation
Website: http://www.cranmoretower.co.uk/
Wikidata: Q5182227
Lat/Long: 51.2035008/-2.4642501
Man Made: tower
Note: O2 Telecommunication tower
Tower Type: communication
Lat/Long: 51.2039405/-2.4624728
Man Made: tower
Note: O2 Telecommunication tower
Tower Type: communication
Lat/Long: 51.2033845/-2.4624904
The data included in this document is from www.openstreetmap.org. The data is made available under ODbL.

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