Mere
Mere is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the extreme southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain, close to the borders of Somerset and Dorset.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 2,690 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England
- Also known as: “Mere, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mere Museum and Church of St Michael the Archangel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrow Street and Stourton.
Barrow Street
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrow Street is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England, about 1.9 miles southeast of the town of Mere. The name comes from the early Bronze Age bowl barrow at Barrow Farm. Barrow Farmhouse is from the 17th century. Barrow Street is situated 2 miles southeast of Mere.
Stourton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stourton is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Mere.
Milton on Stour
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milton on Stour is a small village in Dorset, England. It lies on the River Stour, a mile north of the town of Gillingham. The Church of St Simon and St Jude, built in 1868, is a Grade II listed building. Milton on Stour is situated 2½ miles south of Mere.
Mere
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Mere, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08944° or 51° 5′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.26844° or 2° 16′ 6″ westPopulation
2,690Elevation
344 feet (105 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB MREOpen location code
9C3V3PQJ+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 271107OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Mere” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Mere”
- Basque: “Mere (Wiltshire)”
- Basque: “Mere”
- Bengali: “মেয়ার”
- Cebuano: “Mere”
- Chinese: “Mere”
- Chinese: “梅尔”
- Chinese: “梅爾”
- Dutch: “Mere”
- Esperanto: “Mere”
- French: “Mere”
- German: “Mere”
- Gujarati: “મેર”
- Irish: “Mere, Wiltshire”
- Irish: “Mere”
- Italian: “Mere”
- Japanese: “メーア”
- Kannada: “ಮೇರೆ”
- Korean: “메어”
- Ladin: “Mere (Wiltshire)”
- Ladin: “Mere”
- Latin: “Mere”
- Lithuanian: “Merė”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mere (Wiltshire)”
- Persian: “مره، ویلتشر”
- Polish: “Mere”
- Portuguese: “Mere”
- Russian: “Мир”
- Silesian: “Mere (Wiltshire)”
- Silesian: “Mere”
- South Azerbaijani: “مره، ویلتشر”
- Spanish: “Mere”
- Swedish: “Mere, Wiltshire”
- Swedish: “Mere”
- Tamil: “மேரே”
- Telugu: “మేరే”
- Turkish: “Mere, Wiltshire”
- Urdu: “میرے”
- Welsh: “Mere, Wiltshire”
- Welsh: “Mere”
- “Mere”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mere Post Office and Mere United Reformed Church.
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