Wellington
Wellington is a market town in Somerset, England. It is situated 7 miles south west of Taunton, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 13,700 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Wellington, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wellesley Theatre and Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington.
Wellesley Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Alan Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wellesley Theatre is a movie theater.
Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington
Church
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Wellington, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. A church on the site was previously dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Wellington School
School
Photo: Mikethecrilly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wellington School is a co-educational fee-charging boarding and day school in the English public school tradition for pupils aged 3–18 located in Wellington, Somerset, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockwell Green and Nynehead.
Rockwell Green
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rockwell Green is a village in Wellington parish, Somerset, England. It lies about 1 mile south-west of the town, separated from it by some open land. The obelisk of the Wellington Monument is visible from almost everywhere in the village.
Nynehead
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nynehead is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Tone, 7 miles south-west of Taunton and 1.5 miles north-west of Wellington. The village has a population of 415.
Sampford Arundel
Village
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sampford Arundel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, which lies south-west of Wellington and 10 miles south-west of Taunton. The parish, which is at the western end of the Blackdown Hills, includes the hamlets of Sampford Moor, White Ball and Beam Bridge. Sampford Arundel is situated 2 miles southwest of Wellington.
Wellington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Wellington, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.97838° or 50° 58′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.22755° or 3° 13′ 39″ westPopulation
13,700Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WNTOpen location code
9C2RXQHC+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 43778341OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Wellington” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wellington, Somerset”
- Arabic: “ويلينغتون”
- Asturian: “Wellington”
- Basque: “Wellington (Somerset)”
- Basque: “Wellington”
- Belarusian: “Велінгтан”
- Bengali: “ওয়েলিংটন”
- Bulgarian: “Уел”
- Cebuano: “Wellington (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Wellington”
- Chinese: “Wellington”
- Chinese: “威灵顿”
- Chinese: “威靈頓 (索美塞特郡)”
- Chinese: “威靈頓”
- Czech: “Wellington”
- Dutch: “Wellington”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويلينجتون”
- French: “Wellington”
- German: “Wellington”
- Greek: “Ουέλλινγκτον”
- Gujarati: “વેલિંગ્ટન”
- Hebrew: “ולינגטון”
- Irish: “Wellington, Somerset”
- Irish: “Wellington”
- Italian: “Wellington”
- Japanese: “ウェリントン (イングランド)”
- Japanese: “ウェリントン(サマセット)”
- Japanese: “ウェリントン”
- Kannada: “ವೆಲ್ಲಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “웰링턴”
- Latin: “Wellington”
- Lithuanian: “Velingtonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wellington (Somerset)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wellington i Somerset”
- Persian: “ولینگتون، سامرست”
- Polish: “Wellington”
- Portuguese: “Wellington”
- Romanian: “Wellington, Somerset”
- Romanian: “Wellington”
- Russian: “Веллингтон”
- Slovak: “Wellington”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولینقتون، سامرست”
- Spanish: “Wellington”
- Swedish: “Wellington (parish)”
- Swedish: “Wellington, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Wellington”
- Tamil: “வெலிங்டன்”
- Telugu: “విల్లింగ్టన్”
- Turkish: “Wellington, Somerset”
- Urdu: “ویلینجٹن”
- Volapük: “Wellington”
- Welsh: “Wellington, Gwlad yr Haf”
- Welsh: “Wellington”
- “Wellington”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tonedale and Lower Westford.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Talent Gallery and Wellington Library.
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