Stoke St Michael is situated in rural Somerset, four miles North East of Shepton Mallet and eight miles to the West of Frome. It is a fairly large and thriving village that is easily accessible from the A37. Set in the limestone hills of the Mendips, there are a number of significant caving opportunities close to the village offered by the Caves of the Mendips. Amongst the most significant of these are Stoke Lane Slocker and the ones at the disused Fairy Cave Quarry. There is still and active limestone quarry nearby at Moons Hill Quarry. The Mendips have been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and offer a wide range of outdoor sports and leisure activities, often based on the geology of the area, including caving, cave diving, climbing and abseiling. The area is also a popular destination for those interested in natural history and hillwalking. The local primary school at Stoke St Michael has a particularly fine record in trampolining, having won the British Open Schools Championship in both 2005 and 2006. Pubs in the area include the Knatchbull Arms at Stoke St Michael, the Wagon and Horses Inn at Beacon and the Duke of Cumberland at Edford.
School
Stoke St Michael County Primary School
Places to Stay near Stoke St Michael
The Oakhill Inn (1.70 miles)
Bed and Breakfast
The Oakhill Inn is a traditional country pub with five elegant rooms offering high class bed and breakfast. All the rooms have en-suite bathrooms, TV/DVD, tea and coffee facilities and the most comfortable ... More | visit website
Holcombe Inn (1.88 miles)
Page Dairy (3.00 miles)
Set in 40 acres of glorious Somerset countryside, Page Dairy is a recently converted barn and has three beautifully decorated double bedrooms, two with ensuite bathrooms all fitted to the ... More
Thatched Cottage (3.12 miles)
The Thatched Cottage is a beautiful 300-year-old listed Inn lying in the heart of the Mendips, which has been extensively refurbished and re-thatched to bring the buildings and the facilities up to the very ... More | visit website
Charlton House (3.14 miles)
A luxury country house with a unique story- built in 1630 and opened as a hotel in 1996 by Roger Saul the creator of the British design label, Mulberry and ... More | visit website
The Kings Arms Hotel (3.30 miles)
The Kings Arms, a unique15th century coaching inn, once owned by the Babycham family a perfect place to stay on your journey from Stonehenge to Glastonbury. A crossing point between ... More
Belfield House (3.30 miles)
The Shrubbery Hotel (3.54 miles)
Bowlish House (3.72 miles)
Cannards Grave Farmhouse (3.87 miles)
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