Taynton
Taynton is a village in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. Taynton is situated nearby to the locality Three Elms Farm, as well as near Mote Farm.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and May Hill.
May Hill
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
May Hill is a prominent English hill between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye. Its summit, on the western edge of Gloucestershire and its northern slopes in Herefordshire, is distinguishable by a clump of trees on its summit, which forms an official Site of Special Scientific Interest. May Hill is situated 2 miles west of Taynton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anthony’s Cross and Aston Ingham.
Anthony’s Cross
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anthony's Cross is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England.
Aston Ingham
Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aston Ingham is a village in south-eastern Herefordshire, England, near Newent and about 7 miles east of Ross-on-Wye. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 398. Aston Ingham is situated 3 miles northwest of Taynton.
Cliffords Mesne
Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cliffords Mesne is an English village in Gloucestershire, in Newent civil parish, two miles south-west of the town. The village became the home of the autobiographical author Winifred Foley from the mid-1970s, after the success of her first book of Gloucestershire reminiscences, A Child in the Forest.
Taynton
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8919° or 51° 53′ 31″ northLongitude
-2.3936° or 2° 23′ 37″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C3VVJR4+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 359868302OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7300601
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