English Heritage sites near Hambridge and Westport Parish
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
3 miles from Hambridge and Westport Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL
13 miles from Hambridge and Westport Parish
Fine, late 15th century stone townhouse, early Tudor façade and panelled interiors. Home to Glastonbury Lake Village Museum: discover life 2000 years ago when much of Somerset consisted of marshy sea.
MEARE FISH HOUSE
13 miles from Hambridge and Westport Parish
The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
16 miles from Hambridge and Westport Parish
Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.
BLACKBURY CAMP
22 miles from Hambridge and Westport Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
23 miles from Hambridge and Westport Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
Churches in Hambridge and Westport Parish
St James the Less
Hambridge
Hambridge
Langport
07919 075283
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A Welcome
The Parish Church here inherits, and proudly continues, an Anglo-Catholic or High Church style of worship in its regular Sunday and weekday services. Indeed, Saint James-the-Less is one of the few churches throughout the Diocese of Bath and Wells that lives out through rich liturgical worship the spiritual seasons of the Christian year - for instance, Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Throughout Lent the church is dressed in sack cloth, Lenten prose is sung and the ethos is of fasting and expectation. Holy Week is marked with services of Stations of the Cross, Maundy Thursday Mass with Stripping of the Altar, Good Friday Liturgy and Easter Vigil leading to the great celebration of the First Mass of Easter.
On the third Sunday on the month there is a family service, a short informal service to which everyone is welcome.
As well as the wonderful traditions such as those above, the church in Hambridge seeks to reach out into the community with social events and worship which are relevant and meaningful to the entire Parish. We also support a wide variety of charities, both religious and secular, throughout the year, and view this as an important element of our church life.
The Parish Church of Saint James-the-Less seeks to serve everyone in the Parish. Thank you for your support and God bless you in all you do.
Pubs in Hambridge and Westport Parish
Lamb & Lion
A splendidly refurbished 17th century village inn with some parts dating from the 16th century. The pub has hamstone mullion windows and flagstone floors and a wealth of beams throughout. A fireplace sits at each end of the pub which has a...
Old Barn Owl Inn
Old Barn Owl Inn, Westport