Somerset
Mendip District
Wookey

Wookey

Wookey is a village and civil parish 2 miles west of , on the River Axe in , England. The parish includes the village of Henton and the nearby hamlets of Yarley and Bleadney where the River Axe travels the length of the village.
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  • Type: Village with 810 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, UK
  • Also known as: “Wookey, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Matthew, Wookey and Wells Cathedral.

Church
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The Church of St Matthew in Wookey, , England, dates from the twelfth century and is a Grade I listed building. The church was granted to the dean of by Bishop Robert, rebuilt by Bishop Reginald and assigned to the sub dean of the in 1209.

Church
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, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in , England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. is situated 2 miles east of Wookey.

Church
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St Paul's Church is a Church of England church in , , England. The church, which was designed by Richard Carver and built in 1843, has been a Grade II listed building since 1987.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wookey Hole and Wells.

Village
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is a village in Somerset, England. It is the location of the show caves.

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is the smallest city in , with a population of around 10,000. It is in in the south-west of the country.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England. The village is on the southern slopes of the , 4 miles from and . The parish boundary is formed by the River Axe. is situated 2 miles northwest of Wookey.

Wookey

Latitude
51.20927° or 51° 12′ 33″ north
Longitude
-2.69107° or 2° 41′ 28″ west
Population
810
Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)
Open location code
9C3V6855+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29673823
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2633610
Wiki­data ID
Q1863484
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wookey” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wookey”
  • Chinese: “Wookey”
  • Dutch: “Wookey”
  • French: “Wookey”
  • Hebrew: “ווקי”
  • Irish: “Wookey”
  • Italian: “Wookey”
  • Japanese: “ウーキー”
  • Ladin: “Wookey”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wookey”
  • Persian: “ووکی”
  • Polish: “Wookey”
  • Spanish: “Wookey”
  • Swedish: “Wookey”
  • Turkish: “Wookey”
  • Welsh: “Wookey, Gwlad yr Haf”
  • “Wookey”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wookey”. Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.