Holford
Holford is a village and civil parish in Somerset within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located about 10 miles west of Bridgwater and 6 miles east of Williton, with a population of 392.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 310 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, UK
- Also known as: “Holford (civil parish), Somerset” and “Holford, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints Church and Dowsborough.
All Saints Church
Church
Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church at Dodington in the parish of Holford, Somerset, England was rebuilt and enlarged in the 15th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
Dowsborough
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dowsborough Camp is an Iron Age hill fort on the Quantock Hills near Nether Stowey in Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Monument.
St Mary’s Church, Stringston
Church
The Anglican St Mary's Church at Stringston in the English county of Somerset dates from the 17th century. It has been designated as a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nether Stowey and Lilstock.
Nether Stowey
Village
Photo: Peter Levy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Stowey is a large village in Somerset, South West England. It sits in the foothills of the Quantock Hills, just below Over Stowey. The parish of Nether Stowey covers approximately 4 km2, with a population of 1,482. Nether Stowey is situated 2½ miles east of Holford.
Lilstock
Hamlet
Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lilstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stringston in Somerset, England. It is 12 miles north-west of Bridgwater, and 8 miles north-east of Williton. Lilstock is situated 2½ miles north of Holford.
Over Stowey
Village
Photo: Burn the asylum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Over Stowey is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, South West England. A large part of the forest and open heath of the Quantock Hills is within the parish and it includes the hamlets of Plainsfield, Aley, Adscombe, Friarn and Bincombe. Over Stowey is situated 2½ miles southeast of Holford.
Holford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Holford, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.16334° or 51° 9′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.20874° or 3° 12′ 32″ westPopulation
310Elevation
417 feet (127 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HOFOpen location code
9C3R5Q7R+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1395797158OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Holford” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Holford”
- Cebuano: “Holford”
- Chinese: “Holford”
- Dutch: “Holford”
- French: “Holford”
- Hebrew: “הולפורד”
- Irish: “Holford”
- Japanese: “サマセットカウンティのホルフォード（行政教区）”
- Japanese: “ホルフォード（サマセット）”
- Japanese: “ホルフォード”
- Ladin: “Holford”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Holford”
- Polish: “Holford”
- Slovenian: “Holford”
- Swedish: “Holford”
- Turkish: “Holford”
- Urdu: “ہولفورڈ”
- “Holford”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Holford Glen.
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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 “Holford”. Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.