Briscoe
Briscoe is a hamlet in Wellington Without, Taunton Deane District, England. Briscoe is situated nearby to the hamlet Voxmoor, as well as near the locality Wellington Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wellington Monument and Wellesley Theatre.
Wellington Monument
Monument
Photo: Julia W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Wellesley Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Alan Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wellesley Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Briscoe.
Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington
Church
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Wellington, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. A church on the site was previously dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington is situated 2 miles north of Briscoe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clayhidon and Wellington.
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 1½ miles southeast of Briscoe.
Wellington
Town
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wellington is a market town in Somerset, England. It is situated 7 miles south west of Taunton, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town. Wellington is situated 1½ miles northwest of Briscoe.
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 northwest of Briscoe.
Briscoe
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Wellington Without, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.95538° or 50° 57′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.21223° or 3° 12′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C2RXQ4Q+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 7006758271OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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