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 the hamlet Moorendgreen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and May Hill.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Red Lion

Pub

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Red Lion is a pub.

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″ north

Longitude

-2.3936° or 2° 23′ 37″ west

Elevation

72 feet (22 metres)

Open location code

9C3VVJR4+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359868302

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

7300601

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