Luccombe
Luccombe or Luckham is a village and civil parish in the Exmoor National Park in the English county of Somerset. It at the foot of the moor's highest hill, the 1,750 feet Dunkery Beacon, and is about one mile south of the A39 road between Porlock and Minehead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 157 residents
- Description: village in West Somerset, Somerset in England
- Also known as: “Luccombe, Somerset” and “Luckham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bury Castle and Holnicote Estate.
Bury Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near Selworthy, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a scheduled monument. Bury Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Luccombe.
Holnicote Estate
Hotel
Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holnicote in the parish of Selworthy, West Somerset, England, is a historic estate consisting of 12,420 acres of land, much situated within the Exmoor National Park.
Chapel of St Leonard, Tivington
Church
Photo: Christopher Hilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Chapel of St Leonard in Tivington, Somerset, England was built in the mid 14th century as a chapel of ease. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allerford and Wootton Courtenay.
Allerford
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allerford is a village in the county of Somerset, England, located within Exmoor National Park, and is part of the parish of Selworthy. It appears in Domesday Book as "Alresford – forda Ralph de Limesy Mill". Allerford is situated 1½ miles north of Luccombe.
Wootton Courtenay
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wootton Courtenay is a village and civil parish on Exmoor in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Brockwell and Huntscott. The village lies on the route of the Macmillan Way West and the Celtic Way Exmoor Option. Wootton Courtenay is situated 2 miles east of Luccombe.
Porlock
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset in Exmoor National Park with a population of 1,440 in 2011. Following West End Lane takes you to West Porlock and then Porlock Weir with its harbour.
Luccombe
- Category: locality
- Location: Luccombe, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.18933° or 51° 11′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.55922° or 3° 33′ 33″ westPopulation
157Elevation
325 feet (99 metres)Open location code
9C3R5CQR+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 295160673OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2643448Wikidata ID
Q975527
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Luccombe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Luccombe”
- Chinese: “Luccombe”
- Dutch: “Luccombe”
- French: “Luccombe”
- Irish: “Luccombe”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Luccombe”
- Persian: “لووکوم، سامرست”
- Polish: “Luccombe”
- Swedish: “Luccombe”
- Turkish: “Luccombe, Somerset”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Blessed Virgin Mary and Luccombe Village Hall.
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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 “Luccombe”. Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.