South Petherton
South Petherton is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, located 5 miles east of Ilminster and 5 miles north of Crewkerne. The parish had a population of 3,737 in 2021 and includes the smaller village of Over Stratton and the hamlets of Compton Durville, Drayton, Wigborough and Yeabridge.- Type: Village with 3,370 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in South Somerset, England
- Also known as: “South Petherton, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Brewers‘ Arms and Coke Memorial Methodist Church.
Coke Memorial Methodist Church
Church
Coke Memorial Methodist Church is a former Methodist church in South Petherton, Somerset, England. Designed by Alexander Lauder, it was built in 1881-82 and has been a Grade II listed building since 1988. It closed as a place of worship in 2023.
Church of St James
Church
The Anglican Church of St James in East Lambrook, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seavington st. Michael and Shepton Beauchamp.
Seavington st. Michael
Village
Seavington St Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated next to the village of Seavington St Mary, about 3 miles east of Ilminster. Seavington st. Michael is situated 2 miles southwest of South Petherton.
Shepton Beauchamp
Village
Shepton Beauchamp is a village and civil parish, 1 mile from Barrington and 4 miles north east of Ilminster between the Blackdown Hills and the Somerset Levels in Somerset, England. Shepton Beauchamp is situated 2 miles west of South Petherton.
Norton-sub-Hamdon
Village
Norton-sub-Hamdon is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of the English county of Somerset, about ten miles west of Yeovil. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 727. Norton-sub-Hamdon is situated 2½ miles east of South Petherton.
South Petherton
- Categories: town, civil parish, and locality
- Location: South Petherton, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94879° or 50° 56′ 56″ north
Longitude
-2.80915° or 2° 48′ 33″ west
Population
3,370
Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SUP
Open location code
9C2VW5XR+G8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“South Petherton” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “South Petherton”
- Basque: “South Petherton”
- Cebuano: “South Petherton”
- Chinese: “South Petherton”
- Dutch: “South Petherton”
- Finnish: “South Petherton”
- French: “South Petherton”
- Hebrew: “סאות‘ פיטרסון”
- Irish: “Petherton Theas”
- Italian: “South Petherton”
- Ladin: “South Petherton”
- Latin: “South Petherton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “South Petherton”
- Persian: “ساوت پترتون”
- Polish: “South Petherton”
- Portuguese: “South Petherton”
- Slovenian: “South Petherton”
- South Azerbaijani: “ساوت پترتون”
- Spanish: “South Petherton”
- Swedish: “South Petherton”
- Turkish: “South Petherton”
- Volapük: “South Petherton”
- Welsh: “South Petherton”
- “South Petherton”
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Notable Places Nearby
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