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Monkton Farleigh

Monkton Farleigh

Monkton Farleigh is a village and civil parish in west , England, on high ground 3 miles northwest of , and a similar distance east of the city of .
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  • Type: Village with 454 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monkton Farleigh Manor and Browne’s Folly.

Building
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Grade I listed country house close to the village of Monkton Farleigh in Wiltshire, England. Built on the site of a Cluniac priory founded in 1125, the house is about 3 miles northwest of and 4 miles east of the city of .

Tower
Photo: Derek Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Browne's Folly, or Brown's Folly, is a folly tower sitting within a 39.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the English village of in Somerset, notified in 1974: the site itself is known as the Farleigh Down Stone Quarry and is managed as a by the Avon Wildlife Trust.

Pumping station
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in the village of , in the English county of , pumps water from the River Avon to the using power from the flow of the river.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bathford and Claverton.

Village
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish 3 miles east of , England. The parish, which includes Warleigh, has a population of 1,759 and extends over 1,800 acres.

Hamlet
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is a small village and civil parish about 2 miles east of at the southern end of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in , England. The parish has a population of 115.

Village
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is a village and a civil parish in , England, 2.5 miles north of Bradford on Avon. The village is to the west of the B3109 road from Bradford on Avon to . is situated 2 miles east of Monkton Farleigh.

Monkton Farleigh

Latitude
51.38775° or 51° 23′ 16″ north
Longitude
-2.28186° or 2° 16′ 55″ west
Population
454
Elevation
548 feet (167 metres)
Open location code
9C3V9PQ9+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 441397793
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11524161
Wiki­data ID
Q4453427
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Monkton Farleigh” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Chinese: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Dutch: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • French: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Irish: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Italian: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Ladin: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Polish: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Swedish: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Turkish: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • Welsh: “Monkton Farleigh”
  • “Monkton Farleigh”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Peter’s Church and Farleigh Down Plantation.

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