Holcombe
Holcombe is a small village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. The parish contains the hamlets of Barlake and Edford. It is within easy commuting distance of both Bristol and Bath.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 947 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Holcombe, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Andrew and Edford Woods and Meadows.
Edford Woods and Meadows
Forest
Edford Woods and Meadows is a 54.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, between Nettlebridge, Holcombe and Stoke St Michael, Somerset, notified in 1957.
Downside Abbey
Church
Photo: D.O.G.A., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downside Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in England and is the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the education of children aged 11 to 18.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilmersdon and Ashwick.
Kilmersdon
Village
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmersdon is a village and civil parish on the north eastern slopes of the Mendip Hills in Somerset between the towns of Radstock and Frome. It is located on the B3139 between Wells and Trowbridge in Wiltshire. Kilmersdon is situated 2 miles northeast of Holcombe.
Ashwick
Hamlet
Photo: Lyn Yates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826. Ashwick is situated 2½ miles southwest of Holcombe.
Oakhill
Village
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Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, in Ashwick parish approximately 2.5 miles north of Shepton Mallet. It lies between the A37 and the A367. Oakhill is today mainly a commuter village of 0.4 square miles in size, and is notable for former activities which including brewing. Oakhill is situated 2½ miles southwest of Holcombe.
Holcombe
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Holcombe, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.24638° or 51° 14′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.47253° or 2° 28′ 21″ westPopulation
947Elevation
636 feet (194 metres)Open location code
9C3V6GWG+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 29676309OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2646775Wikidata ID
Q2188054
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Holcombe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Holcombe”
- Chinese: “Holcombe”
- Dutch: “Holcombe”
- French: “Holcombe”
- German: “Holcombe”
- Irish: “Holcombe”
- Italian: “Holcombe”
- Japanese: “ホルコム”
- Ladin: “Holcombe”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Holcombe”
- Polish: “Holcombe”
- Spanish: “Holcombe”
- Swedish: “Holcombe, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Holcombe”
- Turkish: “Holcombe, Somerset”
- “Holcombe”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Edford Meadows and Saint Andrew.
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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 “Holcombe”. Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.