River Parrett
The River Parrett is a river that flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: River
- Description: river in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Parrett”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church and All Saints Church, Otterhampton.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is a Church of England church in Steart, Somerset, England. The church, which was built in 1882, is now used for services periodically.
All Saints Church, Otterhampton
Church
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church in Otterhampton, Somerset, England, overlooks the River Parrett. The church dates from the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Peter in Huntspill, Somerset, England, was established by 1208, rebuilt around 1400, and extended in the early to mid-15th century. It was gutted by fire in 1878 and restored over the next two years.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steart and Stretcholt.
Steart
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steart, historically also called Stert, is a small village in Somerset, England. It lies in an isolated position on the Steart Peninsula on the Bristol Channel coast, about 6 miles north of Bridgwater.
Stretcholt
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pawlett is a village and civil parish 4 miles north of Bridgwater, in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Stretcholt. The village has Roman or Saxon origins.
Combwich
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Combwich is a village in the parish of Otterhampton within the county of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea and was the site of an ancient ferry crossing.
River Parrett
- Categories: watercourse and body of water
- Location: Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19816° or 51° 11′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.04264° or 3° 2′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C3R5XX4+7WOpenStreetMap ID
way 512355312OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Parrett” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Parrett”
- Cebuano: “River Parrett”
- Chinese: “帕雷特河”
- Chinese: “柏瑞河”
- Dutch: “River Parrett”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پاريت”
- Finnish: “Parrett”
- French: “Parrett”
- Japanese: “パレット川”
- Polish: “Parrett”
- Russian: “Парретт”
- Serbian: “Парет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Parrett”
- Swedish: “River Parrett”
- Welsh: “Afon Parrett”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “River Parrett”. Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.