Halse
Halse is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles north west of Taunton. The village has a population of 290.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 296 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Taunton Deane, Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Halse, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St James and Church of the Holy Trinity.
Church of St James
Church
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The Church of St James in Halse, Somerset, England dates from the Norman period and is dedicated St James the Less. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Church of the Holy Trinity
Church
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The Church of the Holy Trinity in Ash Priors, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Bishops Lydeard railway station
Railway station
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Bishops Lydeard railway station is a heritage railway station in the village of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England. It is the southern terminus for regular trains on the West Somerset Railway. Bishops Lydeard railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Halse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ash Priors and Fitzhead.
Ash Priors
Village
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Ash Priors is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles north west of Taunton. The village has a population of 155.
Fitzhead
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fitzhead is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated approximately 6 miles north west of Taunton. The village has an estimated population of 264.
Oake
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oake is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles west of Taunton. The village has a population of 765. The parish includes the hamlet of Hillfarrance on Hillfarrance Brook a tributary of the River Tone, and the villages of Hillcommon and Heathfield. Oake is situated 1½ miles southeast of Halse.
Halse
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Halse, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0444° or 51° 2′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.22752° or 3° 13′ 39″ westPopulation
296Elevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
9C3R2QVC+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 171171750OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2647607Wikidata ID
Q974429
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Halse” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Халсе”
- Cebuano: “Halse”
- Chinese: “Halse”
- Dutch: “Halse”
- French: “Halse”
- Hebrew: “הולס”
- Irish: “Halse”
- Ladin: “Halse”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Halse”
- Polish: “Halse”
- Swedish: “Halse”
- Turkish: “Halse, Somerset”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blake’s Farmhouse and Halse Water Cottage.
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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 “Halse”. Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.