Wookey
Wookey is a village and civil parish 2 miles west of Wells, on the River Axe in Somerset, 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.- Type: Village with 810 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, UK
- Also known as: “Wookey, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of St Matthew, Wookey and Wells Cathedral.
Wells Cathedral
Church
Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church… Wells Cathedral is situated 2 miles east of Wookey.
St Paul’s Church, Easton
Church
St Paul's Church is a Church of England church in Easton, Somerset, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wookey Hole and Wells.
Westbury-sub-Mendip
Village
Wookey
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Wookey, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wookey” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “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”
- Urdu: “ہینٹن، سمرسیٹ”
- Welsh: “Wookey, Gwlad yr Haf”
- “Wookey”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights: Ben Knowle Wood and Henley Hill.
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