Somerset
Sedgemoor District
Axbridge

Axbridge

Axbridge is a town in , England, on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the . Its population according to the 2011 census was 2,057.
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  • Type: Town with 2,060 residents
  • Description: town in Somerset, England
  • Also known as: “Axbridge, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include King John’s Hunting Lodge and Church of St John the Baptist.

Museum
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
King John's Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant's house built c. 1460, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of .

Church
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
The in Axbridge, , England, was built in the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. Work on the current building began in the early 15th century, and grew from an earlier building dating back to about 1230.

Hotel
Photo: Anthony O’Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheddar and Winscombe.

Photo: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a large village, with the largest gorge and caves in Britain. It has a population of around 5,800. The village gave its name to cheese.

Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
is a large village in the unitary district of , England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and , on the western edge of the , 7 miles southeast of and 14 miles southwest of . is situated 2 miles north of Axbridge.

Hamlet
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of , England. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Axbridge.

Axbridge

Latitude
51.28712° or 51° 17′ 14″ north
Longitude
-2.81728° or 2° 49′ 2″ west
Population
2,060
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB AXB
Open location code
9C3V75PM+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 687695869
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656730
Wiki­data ID
Q651889
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Axbridge” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Axbridge”
  • Bavarian: “Axbridge”
  • Cebuano: “Axbridge”
  • Chinese: “Axbridge”
  • Chinese: “阿克斯布里奇”
  • Dutch: “Axbridge”
  • Esperanto: “Axbridge”
  • French: “Axbridge”
  • German: “Axbridge”
  • Irish: “Axbridge”
  • Italian: “Axbridge”
  • Japanese: “アクスブリッジ”
  • Ladin: “Axbridge”
  • Latin: “Axa”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Axbridge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Axbridge”
  • Persian: “اکسریج”
  • Polish: “Axbridge”
  • Romanian: “Axbridge”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اکسریج”
  • Spanish: “Axbridge”
  • Swedish: “Axbridge”
  • Turkish: “Axbridge”
  • Volapük: “Axbridge”
  • Welsh: “Axbridge”
  • “Axbridge”

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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 “Axbridge”. Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.