LOCAL AREA & USEFUL LINKS

We are lucky to be situated in a beautiful part of the country, with a wealth of things to do and places to visit right on our doorstep. We’ve provided useful information on this page, plus links to other resources.

Please click here or on the image to download a printable map of the local area.

We recommend the Destination Bristol service for a wealth of information about local attractions.

Local Villages

Wrington (1 mile)

Amors (small general stores), Buglers (off licence), shop
chemist, hairdresser, Post Office, playgrounds, tennis court
The Golden Lion pub – good for local ciders/ales (open fire)
The plough pub & restaurant (open fire)
Butcombe Brewery shop
The White Hart pub & restaurant (open fire carvery)
Linen cleaning services

Blagdon village (3 miles)

Local store & Post Office, 7 days a week, butcher offering local produce
The New Inn – (open fire) pub and good restaurant (open fire and great veiws of Blagdon lake
The Queen Adelade – Indian restaurant and takeaway
The Seymour Arms – food served
Blagdon Lake

Churchill (3 miles)

Touts, 24 hour store , petrol station & cash point, fish & chip shop, Post Office
The Stag & Hounds – large 2 for1 restaurant
The Churchill Inn – pub and restaurant
The Nelson Arms – pub and carvery
Churchill Sports Centre
Mendip Activity Centre

Redhill (1 mile)

Redhill Club
The Darlington Arms & restaurant
The Walled Garden – fruit, veg, art studios,
The Ethicurean cafe & Michelin Star restaurant
Sandford Tyre & Exhaust Centre – tyre and exhaust fitters (Tel: 01934 852 279)

Langford (2 miles)

Post Office, Suzie’s hairdresser, Touts 24hr large shop, petrol, cash machine
The Langford Inn & Restaurant

Sandford (4 miles)

Thatchers Cider Shop
The Railway Inn – pub and restaurant

Attractions in the Mendip Area

Burrington Combe
The Community Farm
The Castle of Comfort (3 miles)
Mendip Outdoor Pursuits (Congresbury)

Glastonbury – Town
Wells – smallest city in England
Wookey Hole
Mendip Spring Golf Club

Get Active

Walking & Cycling

Ordanace survey map located on the wall in the 24hr information room
We offer a selection of walking routes for our local area and the Mendip Hills
Bicycles available
Mendip Hills routes
North Somerset cycle routes
Strawberry Line
Cycle Shop & Repairs (1 mile, Burrington Combe)
Taunton Leisure (Bristol)
Network of country lanes & cycle routes please see map or ask at reception
Free local area maps available at reception or click here to print a copy now to plan your routes
Click here for woodland walks within 5 miles of Brook Lodge Farm

Fishing

Fly fishing – Blagdon Lake (2.5 Miles) & Chew Valley Lake (4 miles)
For full details of all prices and offers please contact Woodford Lodge, 01275 332339
Bristol Water

Nature and the Environment

Please ask in reception as we have many books, magazines & educational leaflets covering a variety of wildlife, nature & sustainable method subjects for you to read during your stay with us.

Brook Lodge Farm Camping & Caravan Park has a 12 acre nature conservation area in the Area of Natural Beauty bordering Blagdon Lake which you are welcome to visit on prior arrangement to be able to enjoy this beautiful unspoilt habitat which maintains some of the best wildfoul and birds of prey known in the South West.