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Directions from Junction 18, M4 to Barrow Castle

Proceed down A46 in the direction of Bath for about 8 miles then take the exit marked Bath A4. Proceed along A4 towards Bath for just under two miles when you will come to traffic lights (City Centre straight on) where you turn left following the signs for Warminster and Radstock.

In a ¼ of a mile you will come to a mini roundabout. The Warminster road goes to the left and you turn right, following the signs for Radstock. Very shortly you will come to the next roundabout where you go straight across. You go straight on at the next traffic lights and proceed until you come to the roundabout with the railway going over the top of it on a viaduct.

Here you take the first left, which is the A367, towards Radstock. Proceed up the hill, round two big bends and through the shops at Bear Flat with the Bear pub on your right. Shortly after the Bear pub you take the right hand fork, marked Bloomfield Road. Half a mile up Bloomfield Road at a small crossroads turn right into Englishcombe Lane.

Proceed along Englishcombe Lane for about a mile until you get to a T junction where you turn left. Almost immediately you will see Culverhay School on your right and straight after that on the right you will see some blue gates (next to a garage with a brown wooden door). Turn right through the blue gates and proceed right to the top of the drive where you will find Barrow Castle on your right. You can park immediately outside the Castle.

Directions from Bristol

Leave Bristol on the A4 towards Bath. After you have been through Saltwood and two miles before Bath you will come to a large roundabout, ignore the first exit to Bath (A4), and take the second exit marked to Combe Down and Newton St Looe.

Proceed for about two miles on this road when you will see Culverhay School on your right and straight after that on the right you will see some blue gates (next to a garage with a brown wooden door). Turn right through the blue gates and proceed right to the top of the drive where you will find Barrow Castle on your right. You can park immediately outside the Castle.


Directions from Warminster

Take the A36 towards Bath. Seven miles before Bath take the left turning for Norton St.Philip, Hinton Charterhouse and Midford (B3110). Proceed through all those three villages. Just over a mile after Midford you will come to a crossroads. with two linked mini roundabouts and a garage on your left. Take the left turning. After about ¼ of a mile you will go straight ahead at a roundabout (2nd exit). A further ¼ of a mile go straight across at the traffic lights. Another ¼ mile and you will pass the Rose and Laurel pub and then just around the bend you will see Culverhay school on your left. Turn left before the school immediately after the last house on the left. Go through the blue gates and proceed right to the top of the drive where you will find Barrow Castle on your right. You can park immediately outside the Castle.