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Swainswick

Swainswick

Swainswick is a small village and civil parish, 3 miles northeast of , on the A46 in the unitary authority, , England.
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  • Type: Village with 266 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Swainswick (civil parish), Somerset”, “Swainswick, Somerset”, and “Upper Swainswick”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Solsbury Hill and Church of St Mary.

Peak
Photo: Beechenbummer, Public domain.
Little is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hillfort, above the village of in , England. The hill rises to 191 metres above the River Avon, which is just over 2 kilometres to the south, and gives views of the city of and the surrounding area.

Church
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The Anglican in Swainswick within the English county of dates from the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Vestiges of the original 12th-century building can still be seen around the doorway in the south wall.

Theater building
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a performing arts theatre in , that was established in 1989. The theatre is located in the former church hall of St Saviour's Church, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlcombe and Larkhall.

Suburb
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is a civil parish and small village just north of in the unitary authority, , England. The parish had a population of 422 in 2011, and includes the villages of Woolley and Langridge and the hamlet of Lansdown.

Suburb
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is a residential district in the city of , , north-east of the city centre. The district began to develop in the early 19th century to house the working population of the city.

Village
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is a village and civil parish 2 miles east of the English city of , on the north bank of the River Avon. The parish had a population of 2,735 in 2011.

Swainswick

Latitude
51.40973° or 51° 24′ 35″ north
Longitude
-2.345° or 2° 20′ 42″ west
Population
266
Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)
Open location code
9C3VCM53+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3596041357
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2636457
Wiki­data ID
Q2649302
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Swainswick” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Swainswick”
  • Chinese: “Swainswick”
  • Dutch: “Swainswick”
  • French: “Swainswick”
  • Irish: “Swainswick”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Swainswick”
  • Polish: “Swainswick”
  • Swedish: “Swainswick”
  • Turkish: “Swainswick”
  • Welsh: “Swainswick”
  • “Swainswick”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Swainswick CofE Primary School and Larkhall Athletic.

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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 “Swainswick”. Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.