Godney
Godney is a village and civil parish near Glastonbury on the River Sheppey on the Somerset Levels in the county of Somerset, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 237 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Godney, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glastonbury Abbey and Ham Wall.
Glastonbury Abbey
Ruins
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction. Glastonbury Abbey is situated 2½ miles southeast of Godney.
Ham Wall
Nature reserve
Photo: Celuici, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ham Wall is an English wetland National Nature Reserve 4 kilometres west of Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels. It is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Ham Wall is situated 2½ miles southwest of Godney.
Church of St John the Baptist, Glastonbury
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Described as "one of the most ambitious parish churches in Somerset", the present Church of St John the Baptist in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Church of St John the Baptist, Glastonbury is situated 2½ miles southeast of Godney.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glastonbury and Westhay.
Glastonbury
Photo: fussyonion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glastonbury is a small town in the English West Country county of Somerset. Glastonbury is best known for the myths and legends surrounding both Glastonbury Tor, a prominent hill rising up from the surrounding flat landscape; Glastonbury Abbey, which together…
Westhay
Village
Westhay is a village in Somerset, England. It is situated in the parish of Meare, 4 miles north-west of Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels. The name means 'The west field that is enclosed by hedges' from the Old English west and haga. Westhay is situated 3 miles west of Godney.
Street
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Street is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, with a population of 12,709 in 2021. On a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, it is two miles southwest of Glastonbury. Street is situated 3½ miles south of Godney.
Godney
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Godney, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.17881° or 51° 10′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.73836° or 2° 44′ 18″ westPopulation
237Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C3V57H6+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 312408276OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648367Wikidata ID
Q954382
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