Blagdon
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,000 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Blagdon, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Waterworks At Blagdon: Pumping Station With Receiving Tanks.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Anglican Church Of St Andrew in Blagdon, within the English county of Somerset, was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church has a 116 feet high tower with pinnacles and a cusped lozenge pattern parapet, with a stair turret spirelet in the north-east corner.
Waterworks At Blagdon: Pumping Station With Receiving Tanks
Museum
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterworks At Blagdon: Pumping Station With Receiving Tanks is a museum.
Blagdon Lake
Reservoir
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blagdon Lake lies in a valley at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, close to the village of Blagdon and approximately 10 miles south of Bristol, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burrington and Nempnett Thrubwell.
Burrington
Village
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
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. Burrington is situated 1½ miles west of Blagdon.
Nempnett Thrubwell
Village
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nempnett Thrubwell is a small village and civil parish in dairying country on the western edge of Bath and North East Somerset, in the county of Somerset, England. Nempnett Thrubwell is situated 1½ miles northeast of Blagdon.
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. Black Down is situated 1½ miles southwest of Blagdon.
Blagdon
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Blagdon, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.32792° or 51° 19′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.7144° or 2° 42′ 52″ westPopulation
1,000Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)Open location code
9C3V87HP+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 29673704OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2655407Wikidata ID
Q2240982
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Blagdon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلاغدون”
- Basque: “Blagdon”
- Bulgarian: “Благдон”
- Cebuano: “Blagdon”
- Chinese: “Blagdon”
- Dutch: “Blagdon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلاجدون”
- French: “Blagdon”
- Irish: “Blagdon”
- Italian: “Blagdon”
- Japanese: “ブラッグドン”
- Ladin: “Blagdon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Blagdon”
- Polish: “Blagdon”
- Spanish: “Blagdon”
- Swedish: “Blagdon”
- Turkish: “Blagdon”
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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 “Blagdon”. Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.