Brent Knoll
Brent Knoll is a locality in Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England. Brent Knoll is situated nearby to the hamlet Battleborough, as well as near the village East Brent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brent Knoll and Brent Knoll Camp.
Brent Knoll
Peak
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Brent Knoll is a 137-metre-high hill on the Somerset Levels, in Somerset, England. It is located roughly halfway between Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater, 2.5 miles from the Bristol Channel coast at Burnham-on-Sea.
Brent Knoll Camp
Archaeological site
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Brent Knoll Camp is an Iron Age hillfort at Brent Knoll, 3 kilometres from Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Monument, and is now in the care of the National Trust.
St Christopher’s Church, Lympsham
Church
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The Church of St Christopher in Lympsham, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It is known that Bartholomew de England was appointed rector at Lympsham in 1274, although the parish had been given by Ine of Wessex to Glastonbury Abbey in 690 remaining part of the Abbey estates until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge.
Burnham-on-Sea
Town
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Burnham-on-Sea is a seaside town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett, upon Bridgwater Bay. Burnham was a small fishing village until the late 18th century when it began to grow because of its popularity as a seaside resort. Burnham-on-Sea is situated 2½ miles southwest of Brent Knoll.
Highbridge
Town
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Highbridge is a historic market town on the edge of the Somerset Levels near the mouth of the River Brue in the county of Somerset, England. It is 20 miles northeast of Taunton and 7 miles north of Bridgwater. Highbridge is situated 3 miles south of Brent Knoll.
Lympsham
Village
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Lympsham is a village and civil parish six miles west of Axbridge and six miles south-east of Weston-super-Mare, close to the River Axe in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Wick where Wick Farmhouse dates from the mid 18th century.
Brent Knoll
- Type: Locality
- Location: Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2603° or 51° 15′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.9597° or 2° 57′ 35″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
9C3V726R+44GeoNames ID
7292396
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