Burrington
Burrington is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset, just off the A368 between Blagdon and Churchill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 237 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Burrington, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Holy Trinity, Burrington and Aveline’s Hole.
Church of Holy Trinity, Burrington
Church
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Burrington, Somerset, England, is from the 15th century and was restored in 1884. It is a Grade I listed building. The tower is square with diagonal buttresses but joins somewhat uncomfortably with the nave.
Aveline’s Hole
Cave
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Aveline's Hole is a cave at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain, 10,200 and 10,400 years old, was found at Aveline's Hole, constituting the largest assemblage of Mesolithic human remains found in Britain.
Pierre’s Pot
Cave
Pierre's Pot is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The cave was discovered in 1983 and has two main levels, the lower level being reached through an extremely tight rift.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Langford and Black Down.
Lower Langford
Village
Photo: FollowMeChaps, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Langford is a village within the civil parishes of Churchill and Burrington in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. It is located on the western edge of the Mendip Hills about 8 miles east of Weston-super-Mare.
Black Down
Locality
Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in south-western England. Black Down lies just a few miles eastward of the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare, and provides a view over the Chew Valley.
Blagdon
Village
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blagdon is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Somerset, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, in England. It is located in the Mendip Hills, a recognised Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Blagdon is situated 1½ miles east of Burrington.
Burrington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Burrington, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.33071° or 51° 19′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.7497° or 2° 44′ 59″ westPopulation
237Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)Open location code
9C3V87J2+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 29498451OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2654234Wikidata ID
Q2368875
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Burrington” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Burrington (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Burrington”
- Chinese: “Burrington”
- Dutch: “Burrington”
- French: “Burrington”
- Irish: “Burrington”
- Japanese: “バーリントン (サマセット)”
- Ladin: “Burrington”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Burrington (Somerset)”
- Polish: “Burrington”
- Swedish: “Burrington, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Burrington”
- Turkish: “Burrington, Somerset”
- “Burrington”
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Highlights include Burrington Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and Burrington House.
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