Henstridge
Henstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles east of Sherborne in the South Somerset district, near the border with Dorset. The parish includes the hamlet of Yenston. In 2011, the village had a population of 1,814.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,530 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Henstridge, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Gartell Light Railway.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Nicholas in Henstridge, Somerset, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Gartell Light Railway
Theme park
Photo: TIM CHAPMAN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gartell Light Railway is a privately run narrow gauge railway located at Yenston in the Blackmore Vale, south of Templecombe, in Somerset, England.
Henstridge
Aerodrome
Photo: Adam Temperton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Naval Air Station Henstridge is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase, located 7 miles west of Shaftesbury, in Dorset and 12.4 miles east of Yeovil, in Somerset, in South West England. It is home to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Henstridge is situated 2 miles east of Henstridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yenston and Templecombe.
Yenston
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yenston is a small hamlet in Somerset within the Parish of Henstridge. Located on the A357, the hamlet is located between Templecombe and Henstridge. Over the years the hamlet has seen a number of changes.
Templecombe
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles east of Yeovil, and 30 miles west of Salisbury. Templecombe is situated 2 miles northwest of Henstridge.
Horsington
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horsington is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about 4 miles south of Wincanton and 1 mile north of Templecombe. The village lies on the edge of Horsington Marsh, within the Blackmore Vale. Horsington is situated 3 miles northwest of Henstridge.
Henstridge
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Henstridge, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.97728° or 50° 58′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.39451° or 2° 23′ 40″ westPopulation
1,530Elevation
259 feet (79 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RRSOpen location code
9C2VXJG4+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 917624088OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Henstridge” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хенстридге”
- Cebuano: “Henstridge”
- Chinese: “Henstridge”
- Dutch: “Henstridge”
- French: “Henstridge”
- Irish: “Henstridge”
- Japanese: “ヘンストリッジ”
- Ladin: “Henstridge”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Henstridge”
- Piemontese: “Henstridge Airfield”
- Polish: “Henstridge”
- Spanish: “Henstridge”
- Swedish: “Henstridge”
- Turkish: “Henstridge”
- “Henstridge”
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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 “Henstridge”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.