Aisholt

Aisholt is a hamlet in Spaxton, Sedgemoor District, England and has about 50 residents. Aisholt is situated nearby to the locality Hawkridge Common, as well as near the hamlet Plainsfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plainsfield Camp and Hawkridge Reservoir.

Plainsfield Camp

Archaeological site

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plainsfield Camp is a possible Iron Age earthwork on the Quantock Hills near Aisholt in Somerset, England. The so-called hill fort has several features that make it more likely to be an animal enclosure than a defended settlement: The case for an enclosure…

Hawkridge Reservoir

Reservoir

Hawkridge Reservoir is a reservoir near Spaxton, Somerset, England. The inflow is from several streams in the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including Peart Water, which continues below the reservoir in a northeast direction to Spaxton, where it enters the Ashford Reservoir.

Wills Neck

Peak

Photo: Richard Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wills Neck is the highest summit on the Quantock Hills and one of the highest points in Somerset, England. Although only 1261 ft high, it qualifies as one of England's Marilyns. Wills Neck is situated 2 miles west of Aisholt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merridge and Aley.

Merridge

Hamlet

Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantocks in Somerset, South West England. The village is about 5 miles west of Bridgwater. Other settlements in the parish include Charlynch, Courtway, Four Forks, Gothelney Green, Merridge, and Splatt.

Aley

Hamlet

Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aley is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles north of Aisholt.

Over Stowey

Village

Photo: Burn the asylum, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Over Stowey is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, South West England. A large part of the forest and open heath of the Quantock Hills is within the parish and it includes the hamlets of Plainsfield, Aley, Adscombe, Friarn and Bincombe. Over Stowey is situated 2 miles north of Aisholt.

Aisholt

Type: Hamlet with 50 residents
Also known as: “Alsholt” and “Asholt”
Category: locality
Location: Spaxton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.11404° or 51° 6′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.153° or 3° 9′ 11″ west

Population

Elevation

509 feet (155 metres)

Open location code

9C3R4R7W+JR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2780617892

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2657589

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Highlights include All Saints Church and Aisholt Wood.

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