Greinton
Greinton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the Somerset Levels and Moors at the foot of the Polden Hills, 9 kilometres west southwest of Glastonbury and 7 miles east of Bridgwater.- Type: Village with 71 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Greinton, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Michael & All Angels, Greinton and Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Shapwick.
Church of St Michael & All Angels, Greinton
Church
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Shapwick
Church
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The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Shapwick within the English county of Somerset was consecrated in 1331. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Church of All Saints, Ashcott
Church
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The Anglican Church of All Saints in Ashcott, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of All Saints, Ashcott is situated 1½ miles east of Greinton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shapwick and Catcott.
Shapwick
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shapwick is a village on the Polden Hills overlooking the Somerset Moors, in Somerset, England. It is situated to the west of Glastonbury.
Catcott
Village
Photo: Ron Westmaas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Catcott is a rural village and civil parish, situated close to Edington 7 miles to the east of Bridgwater on the Somerset Levels to the north of the Polden Hills in Somerset, England. Catcott is situated 2 miles northwest of Greinton.
Edington
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edington is a rural village, situated on the north side of the Polden Hills in Somerset, England. Either side of it lie the villages of Chilton Polden and Catcott, and north of it is the small village of Burtle. Edington is situated 2½ miles northwest of Greinton.
Greinton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Greinton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.12409° or 51° 7′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.84113° or 2° 50′ 28″ westPopulation
71Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C3V45F5+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1194352321OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2647925Wikidata ID
Q2871497
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Greinton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Greinton”
- Chinese: “Greinton”
- Dutch: “Greinton”
- French: “Greinton”
- Irish: “Greinton”
- Ladin: “Greinton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Greinton”
- Polish: “Greinton”
- Russian: “Грейнтон”
- Swedish: “Greinton”
- Turkish: “Greinton”
- “Greinton”
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