Westhay
Westhay is a village in Somerset, England. It is situated in the parish of Meare, 4 miles north-west of Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels. The name means 'The west field that is enclosed by hedges' from the Old English west and haga.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Westhay, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ham Wall.
Ham Wall
Nature reserve
Photo: Celuici, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ham Wall is an English wetland National Nature Reserve 4 kilometres west of Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels. It is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Ham Wall is situated 2½ miles southeast of Westhay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shapwick and Catcott.
Shapwick
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shapwick is a village on the Polden Hills overlooking the Somerset Moors, in Somerset, England. It is situated to the west of Glastonbury. Shapwick is situated 3 miles south of Westhay.
Catcott
Village
Photo: Ron Westmaas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Catcott is a rural village and civil parish, situated close to Edington 7 miles to the east of Bridgwater on the Somerset Levels to the north of the Polden Hills in Somerset, England. Catcott is situated 3 miles southwest of Westhay.
Wedmore
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wedmore is a large village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on raised ground, in the Somerset Levels between the River Axe and River Brue, often called the Isle of Wedmore. Wedmore is situated 3½ miles north of Westhay.
Westhay
- Category: locality
- Location: Meare, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.17836° or 51° 10′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.80851° or 2° 48′ 31″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C3V55HR+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 105858516OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Westhay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威斯特黑”
- Dutch: “Westhay”
- French: “Westhay”
- Irish: “Westhay”
- Polish: “Westhay”
- Russian: “Уэстхей”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Westhay”. Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.