Babcary
Babcary is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about 5 miles east of Somerton and 6 miles southwest of Castle Cary. The village has a population of 248. It lies close to the River Cary and the A37. The parish includes the hamlet of Foddington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Barbara Voules, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 253 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Babcary, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Holy Cross and Red Lion Inn.
Church of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Barbara Voules, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of the Holy Cross in Babcary, Somerset, England, was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Babcary Meadows
Nature reserve
Babcary Meadows is a 13.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Babcary in Somerset, notified in 1988. Babcary Meadows is one of the last remaining areas of traditionally managed unimproved neutral grassland in south Somerset and contains a rich variety of herbs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keinton Mandeville and West Lydford.
Keinton Mandeville
Village
Photo: Damon Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keinton Mandeville, commonly referred to as Keinton, is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on top of Combe Hill, 6 miles west of Castle Cary. Keinton Mandeville is situated 1½ miles northwest of Babcary.
West Lydford
Hamlet
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Lydford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lydford-on-Fosse in Somerset, England. The village is spread along a stretch of road called the High Street. West Lydford is situated 2 miles north of Babcary.
South Barrow
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Barrow is a village and civil parish approximately 2 miles north of Sparkford and 7 miles north-east of Ilchester in the county of Somerset, England. South Barrow is situated 2½ miles east of Babcary.
Babcary
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Babcary, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.05622° or 51° 3′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.62518° or 2° 37′ 31″ westPopulation
253Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C3V394F+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 29674488OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12262978Wikidata ID
Q2070399
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Babcary” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Babcary”
- Chinese: “Babcary”
- Dutch: “Babcary”
- French: “Babcary”
- Irish: “Babcary”
- Ladin: “Babcary”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Babcary”
- Polish: “Babcary”
- Swedish: “Babcary”
- Turkish: “Babcary”
- “Babcary”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Babcary”. Photo: Barbara Voules, CC BY-SA 2.0.