Brent Knoll
Brent Knoll, formerly known as South Brent, is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, which lies on the southern edge of Brent Knoll – a hill with a height of 137 metres that dominates the low surrounding landscape of the Somerset Levels.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,270 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Brent Knoll (civil parish), Somerset”, “Brent Knoll, Somerset”, and “South Brent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brent Knoll and Brent Knoll Camp.
Brent Knoll
Peak
Photo: Kicior99, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brent Knoll is a 137-metre-high hill on the Somerset Levels, in Somerset, England. It is located roughly halfway between Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater, 2.5 miles from the Bristol Channel coast at Burnham-on-Sea.
Brent Knoll Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: steven ashman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brent Knoll Camp is an Iron Age hillfort at Brent Knoll, 3 kilometres from Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Monument, and is now in the care of the National Trust.
Oaktree Arena
Stadium
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Oaktree Arena was a speedway racing track located near Highbridge, Somerset, England. It is 300 metres in length, with banking around the edge for spectators and is built alongside the M5 motorway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Brent and Burnham-on-Sea.
East Brent
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Brent is a village and civil parish, 5 miles west of Axbridge, Somerset, in the south-west of England. The village lies on the north-eastern edge of Brent Knoll, a hill that dominates the surrounding level countryside, and is close to the M5 motorway.
Burnham-on-Sea
Town
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Burnham-on-Sea is a seaside town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett, upon Bridgwater Bay. Burnham was a small fishing village until the late 18th century when it began to grow because of its popularity as a seaside resort. Burnham-on-Sea is situated 2 miles southwest of Brent Knoll.
Lympsham
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lympsham is a village and civil parish six miles west of Axbridge and six miles south-east of Weston-super-Mare, close to the River Axe in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Wick where Wick Farmhouse dates from the mid 18th century. Lympsham is situated 2 miles north of Brent Knoll.
Brent Knoll
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Brent Knoll, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.25146° or 51° 15′ 5″ northLongitude
-2.95653° or 2° 57′ 24″ westPopulation
1,270Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C3V722V+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29425299OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2654786Wikidata ID
Q15204556
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Brent Knoll” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Brent Knoll (herria)”
- Basque: “Brent Knoll”
- Cebuano: “Brent Knoll”
- Chinese: “Brent Knoll”
- Dutch: “Brent Knoll”
- French: “Brent Knoll”
- German: “Brent Knoll”
- Irish: “Brent Knoll”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Brent Knoll”
- Polish: “Brent Knoll”
- Spanish: “Brent Knoll”
- Swedish: “Brent Knoll”
- Turkish: “Brent Knoll (köy)”
- Turkish: “Brent Knoll”
- “Brent Knoll”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Village Green and Brent Knoll Parish Hall.
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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 “Brent Knoll”. Photo: Tim, CC BY-SA 2.0.