Catcott is a small rural parish on the low-lying Somerset Levels, surrounded by drainage rhynes, peatlands and pasture. It sits among the other Level villages such as Shapwick and Westhay and is noted for the seasonal flooding of nearby Catcott Lows, a wetland reserve that attracts wildfowl and waders and is popular with walkers and birdwatchers.
Locally the economy is centred on farming and land management, with a stronger conservation and leisure focus in recent decades as peat extraction declined. The community is compact and village-centred, with an historic parish church and the sort of small social life and events typical of Somerset villages; its landscape and drainage history give the area a distinctive mixture of agricultural heritage and nature conservation interest.
Postcode districts covering Catcott
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 24.3 miles39.1 km
- Weston-super-Mare 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Taunton 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Barry 24.5 miles39.5 km
- Yeovil 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Bridgwater 6 miles9.7 km
- Frome 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Portishead 23.3 miles37.6 km
- Penarth 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Burnham-on-Sea 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Clevedon 20 miles32.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Catcott and Edington Built-up area 0.3 miles0.4 km
- Edington Parish 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Chilton Polden Built-up area 0.7 miles1.2 km
- King Alfred Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Shapwick Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Stawell Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Moorlinch Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Greinton Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Cossington Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Burtle Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Ashcott Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Woolavington Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
Example postcodes in Catcott
TA7 9HQ, TA7 9HZ, TA7 9HT, TA7 9HR, TA7 9HL, TA7 9HE, TA7 9HF, TA7 9BB, TA7 9HU … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 17.4 miles28 km
- Cardiff Airport 26.8 miles43.1 km
- Bridgwater Railway Station 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Highbridge and Burnham Railway Station 6.7 miles10.8 km
Hotels near Catcott Ad
- The Tudor Hotel 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Old Vicarage 4 6.1 miles9.9 km
- The Crown Hotel 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Mercure Bridgwater Hotel 4 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Bear Inn, Somerset by Marston's Inns 4 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Ibis Bridgwater 3 5.2 miles8.3 km
- The Bath Arms Hotel 4 9.6 miles15.5 km
- The Walnut Tree Hotel 3 7.4 miles12 km
- Dunstan House 3 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Holiday Inn Express Bridgwater M5, Jct. 24 3 6.6 miles10.6 km
Schools in Catcott
- Catcott Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Clarks Village Shopping centre 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Chalice Well Gardens 7 miles11.2 km
- Oaks of Avalon Archaeological site 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Halswell Estate 9.3 miles15 km
- Halswell House Country house 9.3 miles15 km
- Cheddar Library Library 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Kingswood Nature reserve 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Mendip Autocross Recreation 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Mendip Hills Hill 12.5 miles20 km
- Taunton Racecourse Recreation 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Norton Manor Estate 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Quantock Hills Hill 15 miles24.1 km