Wambrook
Wambrook is a village and civil parish in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England. The village lies about 2 miles southwest of the town of Chard. The parish includes the hamlets of Higher Wambrook and Lower Wambrook which is sometimes known as Haselcombe.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chard Museum and St Andrew’s Church.
Chard Museum
Museum
Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chard Museum is a small local museum in Chard, Somerset, England. It opened in 1970, in a converted 16th century listed building, with collections of exhibits about local history and displays related to the lives of notable local residents.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Andrew in Whitestaunton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Perpendicular church is built of Hamstone.
The Guildhall
Town hall
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Guildhall is a town hall and community building in the town of Chard in the English county of Somerset.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chard and Combe St Nicholas.
Chard
Chard is a town of 14,000 people in Somerset. The town has a very unusual feature, a stream running along either side of Fore Street. One stream eventually flows into the Bristol Channel and the other reaches the English Channel.
Combe St Nicholas
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Combe St Nicholas is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles northwest of Chard and 10 miles from Taunton, on the edge of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Combe St Nicholas is situated 2 miles north of Wambrook.
Tatworth
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tatworth is a village 2 miles south of Chard in the county of Somerset, England. It is within Tatworth and Forton civil parish. Tatworth is a large village, consisting of a number of smaller villages including South Chard, Perry Street and Chard Junction which are close together. Tatworth is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wambrook.
Wambrook
- Type: Locality
- Location: South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8675° or 50° 52′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.0096° or 3° 0′ 35″ westElevation
669 feet (204 metres)Open location code
9C2RVX9R+25GeoNames ID
7297219
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