Selwood
Selwood is a civil parish in Somerset, England, which takes its name from the ancient Selwood Forest. The parish almost entirely surrounds the town of Frome, and includes the villages of East Woodlands, West Woodlands and Rodden, and the hamlets of Alder Row and Blatchbridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 866 residents
- Description: civil parish in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Selwood, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frome railway station and Rook Lane Chapel.
Frome railway station
Railway station
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Frome railway station serves a largely rural area of the county of Somerset in England, and is situated in the town of Frome. The station is located on a 1.5 miles long branch line which loops off the main line railway, which carries services on both the Reading to Taunton line and Bristol to Weymouth route.
Rook Lane Chapel
Arts center
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Rook Lane Chapel was a place of worship, and is now an arts centre, in Frome, Somerset, England. Built in 1707 by James Pope the chapel was the place of worship for nonconformists.
Frome Museum
Museum
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Frome Museum in Frome, Somerset, England houses a collection of local history and has a particularly important collection of artefacts from the bronze foundry of J. W. Singer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nunney and Berkley.
Nunney
Village
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Nunney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It is located 3 miles south-west of Frome and the parish includes the hamlet of Holwell. Nunney is situated 3 miles west of Selwood.
Berkley
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berkley is a dispersed settlement and civil parish in Somerset, England. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 344. It lies on the north-east edge of the town of Frome, St Mary's church being about 2+1⁄4 miles from the centre of Frome. Berkley is situated 3 miles northeast of Selwood.
Marston Bigot Park
Locality
Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marston Bigot Park encompasses approximately 222 hectares and includes Marston House, Marston Pond and the remains of the medieval shrunken village of Lower Marston.
Selwood
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Selwood” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Selwood (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Selwood”
- Chinese: “Selwood”
- Dutch: “Selwood”
- French: “Selwood”
- Irish: “Selwood”
- Japanese: “セルウッド”
- Ladin: “Selwood”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Selwood”
- Polish: “Selwood”
- Swedish: “Selwood (parish)”
- Swedish: “Selwood”
- Turkish: “Selwood, Somerset”
- “Selwood”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Frome Maternity and Frome Victoria Hospital.
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