Wambrook

Wambrook is a village and civil parish in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England. The village lies about 2 miles southwest of the town of . The parish includes the hamlets of Higher Wambrook and Lower Wambrook which is sometimes known as Haselcombe.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Hamlet with 197 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Wambrook, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cotley Inn and Chard Museum.

Pub
Photo: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Museum
Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small local museum in , England. It opened in 1970, in a converted 16th century listed building, with collections of exhibits about local history and displays related to the lives of notable local residents. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wambrook.

Town hall
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is a town hall and community building in the town of in the county of . is situated 2 miles east of Wambrook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holy City and Whitestaunton.

Hamlet
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the parish of , , . It is approximately 5 miles due north of the town of , and 4 miles from the nearest small town of . is situated 1½ miles south of Wambrook.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. The parish includes the hamlet of Northay. It was known simply as Staunton until the 14th century. is situated 2 miles northwest of Wambrook.

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is a town of 14,000 people in . The town has a very unusual feature, a stream running along either side of Fore Street. One stream eventually flows into the Bristol Channel and the other reaches the English Channel.

Wambrook

Latitude
50.86239° or 50° 51′ 45″ north
Longitude
-3.00462° or 3° 0′ 17″ west
Population
197
Elevation
489 feet (149 metres)
Open location code
9C2RVX6W+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313207789
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2634819
Wiki­data ID
Q767517
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Wambrook” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wambrook”
  • Chinese: “Wambrook”
  • Dutch: “Wambrook”
  • French: “Wambrook”
  • Irish: “Wambrook”
  • Ladin: “Wambrook”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wambrook”
  • Persian: “وام برووک”
  • Polish: “Wambrook”
  • Swedish: “Wambrook”
  • Turkish: “Wambrook”
  • “Wambrook”

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