Cannington
Cannington is a village and civil parish 3 miles northwest of Bridgwater in Somerset, England. It lies on the west bank of the River Parret, and contains the hamlet of Edstock.- Type: Village with 2,270 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cannington, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gurney Manor and Brymore Academy.
Gurney Manor
Building
Gurney Manor in Cannington, Somerset, England is a 13th-century manor house with an attached chapel wing. It is now supported by the Landmark Trust and is available as holiday accommodation.
Brymore Academy
School
Brymore Academy is a boys' secondary school with academy status, located in Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, England. It is a day and boarding school for pupils aged 11 to 17 years and had 192 boys on the roll in 2015, 115 of them boarders.
Ashford Reservoir
Reservoir
Ashford Reservoir is a small reservoir on the eastern side of the Quantock Hills near the villages of Charlynch and Spaxton in Somerset, England. It was constructed 1934 as a water supply reservoir for Bridgwater. Ashford Reservoir is situated 1½ miles southwest of Cannington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Combwich and Durleigh.
Combwich
Village
Combwich is a village in the parish of Otterhampton within the county of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea and was the site of an ancient ferry crossing. Combwich is situated 1½ miles north of Cannington.
Durleigh
Hamlet
Durleigh is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bridgwater in Somerset, England. According to the 2011 Census, it had a population of 548. Its nearest town is Bridgwater, which lies approximately 1.6 miles north-east from the village. Durleigh is situated 2½ miles southeast of Cannington.
Bridgwater
Bridgwater is a town in Somerset. Notable buildings include the Church of St Mary and Blake Museum, which is a largely restored house in Blake Street and was the birthplace of Admiral Blake in 1598.Cannington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Cannington, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.15123° or 51° 9′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.06093° or 3° 3′ 39″ west
Population
2,270
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
9C3R5W2Q+FJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Cannington” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cannington (Somerset)”
- Basque: “Cannington”
- Cebuano: “Cannington”
- Chinese: “Cannington”
- Dutch: “Cannington”
- French: “Cannington”
- Irish: “Cannington”
- Italian: “Cannington”
- Ladin: “Cannington”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cannington”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cannington”
- Norwegian: “Cannington”
- Polish: “Cannington”
- Spanish: “Cannington”
- Swedish: “Cannington, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Cannington”
- Turkish: “Cannington, Somerset”
- Urdu: “کیننگٹن، سمرسیٹ”
- “Cannington”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Walled Gardens of Cannington and Cannington Parish Hall.
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