Ashwick
Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826.Photo: Lyn Yates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 1,380 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ashwick, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harridge Wood and Downside Abbey.
Harridge Wood
Forest
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harridge Wood is an area of woodland in Somerset, England. From about 1300 AD part of the wood was the scene of coal mining, which continued until around 1800.
Downside Abbey
Church
Photo: D.O.G.A., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downside Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in England and is the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the education of children aged 11 to 18.
Church of St James, Ashwick
Church
Photo: Lyn Yates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St James in Ashwick, Somerset, England, is a church dating from 1881. It is a Grade I listed building, adjacent to Ashwick Court. It also houses a tower that dates back from 1450.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepton Mallet and Binegar.
Shepton Mallet
Photo: Wurzeller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England, some 16 miles southwest of Bath, 18 miles south of Bristol and 5 miles east of Wells.
Binegar
Village
Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Binegar is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is located on the A37, 4 miles east of Wells, between Shepton Mallet and Chilcompton.
Oakhill
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, in Ashwick parish approximately 2.5 miles north of Shepton Mallet. It lies between the A37 and the A367. Oakhill is today mainly a commuter village of 0.4 square miles in size, and is notable for former activities which including brewing.
Ashwick
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.2334° or 51° 14′ 0″ northLongitude
-2.5208° or 2° 31′ 15″ westPopulation
1,380Elevation
712 feet (217 metres)Open location code
9C3V6FMH+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 440824855OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7301177Wikidata ID
Q2215512
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Satellite Map
Discover Ashwick from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Ashwick” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ashwick”
- Chinese: “Ashwick”
- Dutch: “Ashwick”
- French: “Ashwick”
- Irish: “Ashwick”
- Ladin: “Ashwick”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ashwick”
- Polish: “Ashwick”
- Swedish: “Ashwick”
- Turkish: “Ashwick”
- “Ashwick”
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