Alford
Alford is a village and parish on the River Alham, in Somerset, England, situated 8 miles south of Shepton Mallet and two miles west of Castle Cary. The village has a population of 63.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 63 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, UK
- Also known as: “Alford, Somerset”
- Postal code: BA7
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints, Alford and Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
Church of All Saints, Alford
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints which is next to the River Brue in Alford, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century, with minor 19th-century restoration.
Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
Church
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The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Lovington, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Castle Cary railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Cary railway station is on the Reading to Taunton line 115.25 miles south west of London Paddington and the Bristol to Weymouth line 47.75 miles south of Bristol Temple Meads. Castle Cary railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of Alford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Barrow and South Barrow.
North Barrow
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Barrow is a village and civil parish 8 miles to the north-east of Ilchester in the county of Somerset, England. North Barrow is situated 2 miles south of Alford.
South Barrow
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Barrow is a village and civil parish approximately 2 miles north of Sparkford and 7 miles north-east of Ilchester in the county of Somerset, England. South Barrow is situated 2½ miles south of Alford.
West Lydford
Hamlet
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Lydford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lydford-on-Fosse in Somerset, England. The village is spread along a stretch of road called the High Street. West Lydford is situated 2½ miles west of Alford.
Alford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Alford, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.08832° or 51° 5′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.56282° or 2° 33′ 46″ westPopulation
63Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
9C3V3CQP+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 29674465OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2657511Wikidata ID
Q4722145
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Alford” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alford (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Somerset)”
- Cebuano: “Alford”
- Chinese: “Alford”
- Dutch: “Alford”
- French: “Alford”
- Irish: “Alford”
- Ladin: “Alford”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alford (Somerset)”
- Polish: “Alford (Somerset)”
- Polish: “Alford”
- Swedish: “Alford, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Alford”
- Turkish: “Alford, Somerset”
- Welsh: “Alford, Gwlad yr Haf”
- “Alford”
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