Somerset
West Somerset District
Kilve

Kilve

Kilve is a village in , England, within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the first AONB to be established, in 1957. It lies on the A39 almost exactly equidistant from to the east and to the west.
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  • Type: Village with 397 residents
  • Description: village in West Somerset, England
  • Also known as: “Kilve (civil parish), Somerset” and “Kilve, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Court House and Kilve Chantry.

Castle
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in , , England has a medieval tower and other parts of the building which date from the 17th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

Ruins
Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a religious site in Kilve, , England. The Chantry was founded in 1329, when a brotherhood of five monks was employed to say Mass for their founder, Simon de Furneaux.

Beach
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holford and Lilstock.

Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located about 10 miles west of and 6 miles east of , with a population of 392.

Hamlet
Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of in , England. It is 12 miles north-west of , and 8 miles north-east of . is situated 1½ miles northeast of Kilve.

Village
Photo: Peter Levy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village in , South West England. It sits in the foothills of the , just below . The parish of covers approximately 4 km2, with a population of 1,482. is situated 3½ miles southeast of Kilve.

Kilve

Latitude
51.17881° or 51° 10′ 44″ north
Longitude
-3.21874° or 3° 13′ 8″ west
Population
397
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
Open location code
9C3R5QHJ+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 292261864
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3345365
Wiki­data ID
Q4489547
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Kilve” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Килве”
  • Cebuano: “Kilve”
  • Chinese: “Kilve”
  • Chinese: “基爾韋村”
  • Dutch: “Kilve”
  • French: “Kilve”
  • Irish: “Kilve”
  • Ladin: “Kilve”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kilve”
  • Polish: “Kilve”
  • Swedish: “Kilve”
  • Turkish: “Kilve”
  • “Kilve”

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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 “Kilve”. Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.