Wacton
Wacton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and 5 miles north-west from Bromyard. In a field are remains of a motte and moat; buried foundations are all that remain of stone defences.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 105 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Herefordshire, UK
- Also known as: “Wacton, Herefordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Church of St John the Baptist.
Church of St Leonard
Church
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Leonard is situated 2 miles northwest of Wacton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bredenbury and Thornbury.
Bredenbury
Village
Photo: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bredenbury is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 12.5 miles northeast of Hereford. The village lies on the A44 road, 3 miles from Bromyard and 8 miles from Leominster.
Thornbury
Village
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornbury is a village in Herefordshire, England, 5.5 km north of the town of Bromyard. The population of the village as taken at the 2011 census was 197.
Hatfield
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hatfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hatfield and Newhampton, in the county of Herefordshire, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 141. Hatfield is situated 2 miles northwest of Wacton.
Wacton
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Wacton, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.21411° or 52° 12′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.56402° or 2° 33′ 51″ westPopulation
105Elevation
568 feet (173 metres)Open location code
9C4V6C7P+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4903949080OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2634930Wikidata ID
Q3784012
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wacton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wacton (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Wacton”
- Dutch: “Wacton”
- French: “Wacton”
- Irish: “Wacton”
- Ladin: “Wacton (Herefordshire)”
- Ladin: “Wacton”
- Polish: “Wacton”
- Swedish: “Wacton (distrikt)”
- Swedish: “Wacton, Herefordshire”
- Welsh: “Wacton, Swydd Henffordd”
- Welsh: “Wacton”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Wacton”. Photo: brianac37, CC BY 2.0.