Forton
Forton is a hamlet in Tatworth and Forton, South Somerset, England. Forton is situated nearby to the neighborhood Snowdon Grange, as well as near Coombses.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Guildhall and Chard Museum.
The Guildhall
Town hall
Photo: RNE, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Guildhall is a town hall and community building in the town of Chard in the English county of Somerset.
Chard Museum
Museum
Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chard Museum is a small local museum in Chard, Somerset, England. It opened in 1970, in a converted 16th century listed building, with collections of exhibits about local history and displays related to the lives of notable local residents.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tatworth and Chard.
Tatworth
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tatworth is a village 2 miles south of Chard in the county of Somerset, England. It is within Tatworth and Forton civil parish. Tatworth is a large village, consisting of a number of smaller villages including South Chard, Perry Street and Chard Junction which are close together.
Chard
Chard is a town of 14,000 people in Somerset. The town has a very unusual feature, a stream running along either side of Fore Street. One stream eventually flows into the Bristol Channel and the other reaches the English Channel.
Chaffcombe
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chaffcombe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles north east of Chard. The village has a population of 229. Chaffcombe is situated 2 miles northeast of Forton.
Forton
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Tatworth and Forton, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.85899° or 50° 51′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.94436° or 2° 56′ 40″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
9C2VV354+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1627654172OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
12266206
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