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Chard

Chard is a town of 14,000 people in . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 13,100 residents
  • Description: town in Somerset, England
  • Also known as: “Chard, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chard Museum and The Guildhall.

Museum
Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Town hall
Photo: RNE, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town hall and community building in the town of Chard in the county of .

Reservoir
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 36.97-hectare north east of Chard, Somerset, England. It is owned and managed by Somerset Council and is a recipient of the Green Flag Award.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tatworth and Chaffcombe.

Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village 2 miles south of Chard in the county of , England. It is within and Forton civil parish. is a large village, consisting of a number of smaller villages including South Chard, Perry Street and Chard Junction which are close together.

Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England, situated 2 miles north east of Chard. The village has a population of 229.

Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and parish in , England, situated 2 miles northwest of Chard and 10 miles from , on the edge of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. is situated 2 miles northwest of Chard.

Chard

Latitude
50.8737° or 50° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
-2.9597° or 2° 57′ 35″ west
Population
13,100
Elevation
387 feet (118 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CZT
Open location code
9C2VV2FR+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6477892361
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653346
Wiki­data ID
Q117810
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Chard” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Chard”
  • Basque: “Chard (Somerset)”
  • Basque: “Chard”
  • Bavarian: “Chard”
  • Bengali: “চার্ড টাউন”
  • Cebuano: “Chard”
  • Chinese: “Chard”
  • Chinese: “查德”
  • Dutch: “Chard”
  • French: “Chard”
  • German: “Chard”
  • Gujarati: “ચાર્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ארד”
  • Irish: “Chard, Somerset”
  • Irish: “Chard”
  • Italian: “Chard”
  • Japanese: “チャード”
  • Japanese: “チャードタウン”
  • Kannada: “ಚಾರ್ಡ್”
  • Korean: “차드 타운”
  • Ladin: “Chard”
  • Latin: “Chard”
  • Lithuanian: “Čard Taunas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chard (Somerset)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chard”
  • Persian: “چارد، سامرست”
  • Polish: “Chard”
  • Portuguese: “Chard”
  • Romanian: “Chard”
  • Russian: “Чард”
  • Scots: “Chard”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چارد، سامرست”
  • Spanish: “Chard”
  • Swedish: “Chard”
  • Tamil: “சர்ட்”
  • Telugu: “చార్డ్”
  • Turkish: “Chard, Somerset”
  • Ukrainian: “Чард”
  • Urdu: “چارد”
  • Volapük: “Chard”
  • Welsh: “Chard, Gwlad yr Haf”
  • Welsh: “Chard”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Chard”. Photo: Dbown100, CC BY 3.0.