Directions
Coming From Wales, the North or South West.
Use M5 to J23. Take A39 to Street and Glastonbury and then follow signs for Shepton Mallet on A361 for 6 miles until you reach the village of Pilton. ~ see below
Coming from M4
Leave at J18 and head for Shepton Mallet, via Bath, or if you come from Bristol take the A37 to Shepton Mallet. As you approach Shepton stay on the A37, following signs for Yeovil and Exeter. Go straight across a set of traffic lights and at the Cannards Grave roundabout take the 3rd exit (signed Wells) ~ see below.
Coming from London and East
Use M3, leaving at J8. Take the A303 & A36 to Warminster and then the A362 towards Frome. Nearing Frome, follow signs for Shepton Mallet on the A361. As you come into Shepton, turn left at the traffic lights (opp Thatched Cottage Pub) and go for just over 1/2 mile (passing Focus) to the Cannards Grave roundabout. Take the 2nd exit towards Wells. ~see below.
Coming from South
Use either the A37 or A371 to Cannards Grave roundabout south of Shepton Mallet. Take the 1st exit towards Wells.
From Pilton
As the main road bends right in the middle of the village, you will see the 'Pilton Stores' ahead. Take the small road between the shop and the Crown Inn. Follow this road for 1 mile during which you will have gone over a set of cross roads and passed 'Burford' (3 large houses and a pond). After descending from a steep winding hill you enter West Compton, directly in front of you will be a high garden wall on a bend, turn left in front of West Compton House (now on your right with its large stone steps), pass Summer Lane Cottage and Rose Cottages on your Left, continue to a grass triangle, keep left of it and go down the 'No through road' leading to Knowle Farm. Primrose Hill B&B is half way down on the left.
From Cannards Grave roundabout
Having taken the Wells road, turn immediately left (signed Highwayman Inn) and follow this road around a sharp right bend, for approx 1 mile to a crossroads where you give way. Turn left towards Pilton, and then 1st right down a narrow lane through a mucky farm yard to West Compton.Having gone passed The Manor House on your right and coming to a T junction on a bend, turn left for a few yards (between 2 high walls) then next right passed West Compton House (with the large stone steps, passed Rose Cottages on your left, continue a few yards to a grass triangle, keep left and go down the no through road leading to Knowle Farm, Primrose Hill B&B is half way down on the left.
Directions from Shepton Mallet Main Car Park
Turn left opposite the Fire / Ambulance Station to the Tesco roundabout. Take 3rd exit to Glastonbury B3136 up the hill to Lamberts Hill Crossroads, straight over and down the hill for about 200 yards, then first right down a narrow lane to West Compton. Continue on this lane passing The Manor House on your right, to a junction on a bend. Give way and turn left between two high stone walls for a few yards to a blind bend where you give way and turn right through the rest of the village for ¼ mile, keep to the left side of the grass triangle, down the ‘no through road’ and you will see our bungalow on the left hand side.