Penselwood
Penselwood or Pen Selwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It lies 4 miles north east of Wincanton, 4 miles south east of Bruton, 4 miles west of Mere, and 5 miles north west of Gillingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 314 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, UK
- Also known as: “Pen Selwood” and “Penselwood, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels and Stourhead.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels in Penselwood, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Stourhead
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire, extending into Somerset. The estate is about 4 km northwest of the town of Mere and includes a Grade I listed 18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, one of the most famous gardens in the English landscape garden style, farmland, and woodland. Stourhead is situated 2 miles northeast of Penselwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gasper and Bourton.
Bourton
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bourton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated north of the A303 road on the border with Somerset and Wiltshire between Mere and Wincanton.
Stourton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stourton is a village, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Penselwood.
Penselwood
- Category: locality
- Location: Pen Selwood, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08035° or 51° 4′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.34997° or 2° 20′ 60″ westPopulation
314Elevation
640 feet (195 metres)Open location code
9C3V3MJ2+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 436174228OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2640411Wikidata ID
Q1985557
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Penselwood” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penselwood”
- Chinese: “Penselwood”
- Chinese: “彭瑟伍德”
- Dutch: “Penselwood”
- French: “Penselwood”
- Irish: “Penselwood”
- Italian: “Penselwood”
- Japanese: “ペンセルウッド”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Penselwood”
- Persian: “پنسلوود”
- Polish: “Penselwood”
- Swedish: “Penselwood”
- Turkish: “Penselwood”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Penselwood Village Hall and Pen Forest.
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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 “Penselwood”. Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.