Wellington Monument
The Wellington Monument is a 175-foot-high triangular obelisk located on a point of the Blackdown Hills, 3 km south of Wellington in the English county of Somerset.Photo: Julia W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: triangular obelisk on a point of the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wellington Monument, Somerset”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wellesley Theatre and Hemyock Castle.
Wellesley Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Alan Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wellesley Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 2 miles north of Wellington Monument.
Hemyock Castle
Castle
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hemyock Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in the village of Hemyock, Devon, England. It was built by Sir William Asthorpe after 1380 to a quadrangular design. Hemyock Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Wellington Monument.
All Saints
Church
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints is a church, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Wellington Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clayhidon and Rockwell Green.
Clayhidon
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayhidon is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England. The parish church is St. Andrews. The parish is in the Blackdown Hills and its northern and eastern boundaries form part of the Devon – Somerset border. Clayhidon is situated 2 miles southeast of Wellington Monument.
Rockwell Green
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rockwell Green is a village in Wellington parish, Somerset, England. It lies about 1 mile south-west of the town, separated from it by some open land. The obelisk of the Wellington Monument is visible from almost everywhere in the village. Rockwell Green is situated 2 miles north of Wellington Monument.
Sampford Arundel
Village
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sampford Arundel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, which lies south-west of Wellington and 10 miles south-west of Taunton. The parish, which is at the western end of the Blackdown Hills, includes the hamlets of Sampford Moor, White Ball and Beam Bridge. Sampford Arundel is situated 2 miles northwest of Wellington Monument.
Wellington Monument
- Categories: obelisk and historic site
- Location: Wellington Without, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94807° or 50° 56′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.22934° or 3° 13′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C2RWQXC+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 326719860OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q7981443
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Wellington Monument” goes by many names.
- French: “Wellington Monument (Somerset)”
- French: “Wellington Monument”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ולינגטון (סאמרסט)”
- Latin: “Monumentum Wellingtonianum (Somersetensis)”
- Latin: “Monumentum Wellingtonianum”
- Polish: “Obelisk Wellingtona w hrabstwie Somerset”
- Polish: “Obelisk Wellingtona”
- Polish: “Wellington Monument”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Wellington (Somerset)”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Wellington”
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Highlights include Wellington Castlefields and Wellington Monument.
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