Our Village

The village of Norton Sub Hamdon, set in unspoilt countryside, is an ideal centre for visiting the many historic houses and gardens in South Somerset. Many are owned by the National Trust, notably Montacute, Barrington, Lytes Cary, and Tintinhull.

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The parish church was completed in 1500 and is featured in Nikolaus Pevsner's "Buildings of S.W Somerset", and in Simon Jenkins' "England's Thousand Best Churches".

 

We have the times of Sunday Services

 

Ham Hill is reached by a 20 minute walk to the viewpoint from where you can look north across the Somerset Levels, west to the Blackdown Hills and south towards the Dorset coast. There are pretty way-marked circular walks on Ham Hill where you can see Iron Age and Roman earthworks and ancient quarries from where hamstone was dug to build the honey-coloured villages and great houses through the ages in this locality. Now it is an unspoilt protected area. It is also the meeting place for three longer walks - The Parrett Trail, The Leland Way and The Liberty Trail.

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We have up to date pamphlets of local attractions and details of many craftsmen's workshops. Whatever you choose to do we can set you on your way after a full English breakfast cooked on the Aga in our large kitchen.