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Sedgemoor District

Compton Bishop

Compton Bishop is a small village and civil parish, at the western end of the in the county of . It is located close to the historic town of .
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  • Type: Village with 623 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, UK
  • Also known as: “Compton Bishop, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Parish Church of St Andrew.

Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican in Biddisham within the parish of , , England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Cave
is a natural cave system located in Shute Shelve Hill, , England, above in the not far from . The phreatic cave contains fossils of speleothems over 350,000 years old.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheddar and Axbridge.

Photo: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a large village, with the largest gorge and caves in Britain. It has a population of around 5,800. The village gave its name to cheese.

Town
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , England, on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the . Its population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. is situated 2 miles east of Compton Bishop.

Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
is a large village in the unitary district of , England, close to the settlements of and , on the western edge of the , 7 miles southeast of and 14 miles southwest of .

Compton Bishop

Latitude
51.2934° or 51° 17′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.8656° or 2° 51′ 56″ west
Population
623
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9C3V74VM+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29490155
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7292400
Wiki­data ID
Q1843856
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Compton Bishop” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Compton Bishop”
  • Chinese: “Compton Bishop”
  • Dutch: “Compton Bishop”
  • French: “Compton Bishop”
  • Irish: “Compton Bishop”
  • Ladin: “Compton Bishop”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Compton Bishop”
  • Polish: “Compton Bishop”
  • Swedish: “Compton Bishop”
  • Turkish: “Compton Bishop”
  • “Compton Bishop”

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Highlights include St. Andrew’s Church and Denny’s Hole.

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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 “Compton Bishop”. Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.