Skilgate
Skilgate is a village and civil parish 5 miles east of Dulverton and 8 miles west of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England. It has a population of 96. The parish, which covers an area of 866 ha, straddles the boundary of the Exmoor National Park lying on the southern edge of the Brendon Hills, and is close to the border with Devon.Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 117 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Skilgate (civil parish), Somerset” and “Skilgate, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John and Church of St James.
Church of St John
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Anglican Church of St John in Skilgate, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Haddon Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haddon Hill is a prominent east–west aligned ridge in west Somerset, England, close to Hartford within the civil parish of Brompton Regis. It lies on the south-eastern fringe of Exmoor National Park though is separated from the Exmoor massif itself by the… Haddon Hill is situated 2 miles northwest of Skilgate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upton and Petton.
Upton
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upton is a village and civil parish north of Skilgate in Somerset, England. It is situated on a hill above the eastern end of Wimbleball Lake.
Petton
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petton, also known as Petton Cross, is an English village in the civil parish of Bampton, the district of Mid Devon, and the county of Devon. It lies on the B3227 road that links Taunton and Torrington. Petton is situated 2 miles southeast of Skilgate.
Shillingford
Village
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shillingford is a village two miles northeast of Bampton on the River Batherm in Mid Devon, England, close to the border with West Somerset. It is near the Exe Valley. Shillingford is situated 2 miles south of Skilgate.
Skilgate
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Skilgate, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.03561° or 51° 2′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.44561° or 3° 26′ 44″ westPopulation
117Elevation
797 feet (243 metres)Open location code
9C3R2HP3+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 295486396OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637714Wikidata ID
Q1899637
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Skilgate” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Скилгате”
- Cebuano: “Skilgate”
- Chinese: “Skilgate”
- Dutch: “Skilgate”
- French: “Skilgate”
- Irish: “Skilgate”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Skilgate”
- Polish: “Skilgate”
- Swedish: “Skilgate”
- Turkish: “Skilgate”
- “Skilgate”
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