Combwich
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 693 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Combwich, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints Church, Otterhampton and St Andrew’s Church.
All Saints Church, Otterhampton
Church
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church in Otterhampton, Somerset, England, overlooks the River Parrett. The church dates from the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is a Church of England church in Steart, Somerset, England. The church, which was built in 1882, is now used for services periodically. St Andrew’s Church is situated 2½ miles north of Combwich.
Brymore Academy
School
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Brymore Academy is situated 2 miles southwest of Combwich.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steart and Stretcholt.
Steart
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steart, historically also called Stert, is a small village in Somerset, England. It lies in an isolated position on the Steart Peninsula on the Bristol Channel coast, about 6 miles north of Bridgwater. Steart is situated 2½ miles north of Combwich.
Stretcholt
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stretcholt is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Combwich.
Dunball
Hamlet
Dunball is a small hamlet west of the village of Puriton and close to the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Just north of Dunball is Down End which is the site of Down End Castle a motte-and-bailey castle, which has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Dunball is situated 3½ miles east of Combwich.
Combwich
- Category: locality
- Location: Otterhampton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.17353° or 51° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.06212° or 3° 3′ 44″ westPopulation
693Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
9C3R5WFQ+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1192596855OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12265892Wikidata ID
Q5150994
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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 “Combwich”. Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.