West Country
Wiltshire
Stourton with Gasper

Stourhead

Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of , extending into . The estate is about 4 km northwest of the town of and includes a Grade I listed 18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, one of the most famous gardens in the English landscape garden style, farmland, and woodland.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed British house and garden in Wiltshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Stourhead Gardens”
  • Address: Stourton, Warminster, BA12 6QD

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Palladian Bridge and Bristol High Cross.

Bridge
Photo: Luke Gordon, CC BY 2.0.

Wayside cross
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a monumental market cross said to have been erected c.1373 in the centre of , England, to commemorate the granting of a charter by Edward III to make Bristol a county, separate from Somerset and Gloucestershire.

Church
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 620 feet east of Stourhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stourton and Gasper.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village.

Hamlet
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Pen Selwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of . It lies 4 miles north east of , 4 miles south east of , 4 miles west of , and 5 miles north west of . is situated 2 miles southwest of Stourhead.

Stourhead

Latitude
51.10467° or 51° 6′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.32347° or 2° 19′ 25″ west
Operator
National Trust
Open location code
9C3V4M3G+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 271108
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q301338
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Stourhead” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Stourhead”
  • Chinese: “斯托海德”
  • Czech: “Stourhead”
  • Dutch: “Stourhead”
  • French: “Stourhead”
  • German: “Stourhead House”
  • German: “Stourhead”
  • Hebrew: “סטורהד”
  • Irish: “Stourhead”
  • Italian: “Stourhead”
  • Japanese: “スタウアヘッド（ストーヘッド）”
  • Japanese: “スタウアヘッド”
  • Japanese: “スタウアヘッド荘園”
  • Japanese: “ストウヘッド庭園”
  • Korean: “스투어헤드”
  • Polish: “Stourhead”
  • Portuguese: “Stourhead House”
  • Russian: “Стоур-хед”
  • Russian: “Стоурхед”
  • Russian: “Стоурхедские сады”
  • Spanish: “Stourhead House”

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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 “Stourhead”. Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.