Sparkford
Sparkford is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Weston Bampfylde. It is situated near the junction of the A303 from London to Exeter and the A359 from Frome to Yeovil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 460 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sparkford, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sparkford Inn and Haynes International Motor Museum.
Haynes International Motor Museum
Museum
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Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford near Yeovil in Somerset, England, contains over 400 cars and motorcycles and a collection of other automobilia. The museum was established in 1985 by John Harold Haynes OBE. It is a registered charity under English law.
Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sparkford, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Barrow and Sutton Montis.
South Barrow
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Barrow is a village and civil parish approximately 2 miles north of Sparkford and 7 miles north-east of Ilchester in the county of Somerset, England.
Sutton Montis
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Cadbury is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Cadbury and Sutton Montis, in the Somerset district of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. Sutton Montis is situated 1½ miles southeast of Sparkford.
Cadbury Castle
Locality
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Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the civil parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument and has been associated with King Arthur's legendary court at Camelot. Cadbury Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Sparkford.
Sparkford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Sparkford, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.03422° or 51° 2′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.56721° or 2° 34′ 2″ westPopulation
460Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SPROpen location code
9C3V2CMM+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5007773508OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Sparkford” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Спаркфорд”
- Cebuano: “Sparkford”
- Chinese: “Sparkford”
- Chinese: “斯帕克福德”
- Dutch: “Sparkford”
- French: “Sparkford”
- Irish: “Sparkford”
- Ladin: “Sparkford”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sparkford”
- Polish: “Sparkford”
- Swedish: “Sparkford”
- Turkish: “Sparkford”
- “Sparkford”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Hazlegrove Preparatory School and Hazlegrove House.
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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 “Sparkford”. Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.