The Mill House
The Mill House is a museum in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset. 22 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Taunton Castle (7.2 km).
Museum in Bishops Lydeard
Inside Bishops Lydeard
The Mill House is inside Bishops Lydeard’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
If warmth matters, go May to September: Bishops Lydeard reaches 17–22°C.
The Mill House
Museum in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England.
In Bishops Lydeard, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Bishops Lydeard
- Official site
- bishopslydeardmill.co.uk/index.php
The Mill House and what surrounds it
The places near The Mill House are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Bishops Lydeard’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list The Mill House
Taunton is the biggest of the 7 bases nearby (61,667 people). The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Bishops Lydeard
Cotford St Luke
Halse
Norton Fitzwarren
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where The Mill House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishops Lydeard | It’s in town | 2,050 | 3 |
| Cotford St Luke | 1.5 km south of it | 2,411 | 4 |
| Halse | 2.8 km west of it | 296 | 2 |
| Norton Fitzwarren | 3.7 km southeast of it | 3,770 | 12 |
| Kingston St Mary | 4.5 km east of it | 391 | 11 |
| Taunton | 4.6 km southeast of it | 61,667 | 14 |
| Staplegrove | 4.8 km southeast of it | 280 | 10 |
Nearby, too
22 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 gardens and 2 museums among them.
CastleTaunton Castle7.2 km away2
Garden · National TrustFyne Court6 km away3
MuseumHestercombe House7.1 km away4
CastleStogursey Castle14 km away5
GardenHestercombe Gardens7.2 km away6
CastleStowey Castle11 km away7
MuseumMuseum of Somerset7.2 km away8
FortTaunton Stop Line14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Asked about The Mill House
Where is The Mill House?
The Mill House is in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Mill House?
Museum in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England.
When is the best time to visit The Mill House?
May to September are the warmest months in Bishops Lydeard, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Mill House?
Within 15 km: Taunton Castle (7.2 km), Fyne Court (6 km), Hestercombe House (7.1 km) and Stogursey Castle (14 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- The Mill House: Jim Woodward-Nutt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taunton Castle: Rodw, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fyne Court: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hestercombe House: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stogursey Castle: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hestercombe Gardens: xlibber, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stowey Castle: Editor - W.Page; Chapter on Ancient Earthworks - C.H.Bothamley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Somerset: Chris Jeanes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taunton Stop Line: Gaius Cornelius, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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