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Porlock

Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset in with a population of 1,440 in 2011. Following West End Lane takes you to West Porlock and then Porlock Weir with its harbour.
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  • Type: Village with 1,210 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, England
  • Also known as: “Porlock (civil parish), Somerset” and “Porlock, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dovery Manor Museum and Church of St Dubricius, Porlock.

Museum
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Porlock Museum, is a local museum in Porlock, , England. The building was built as a Manor house in the late 15th century and extended in the 17th century.

Church
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Dubricius in Porlock, , England dates from the 13th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.

Forest
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a national nature reserve near Porlock on , , England. The 101 hectares woodlands are notable for their lichens, heath fritillary butterfly, red wood ant colonies, dead wood invertebrates and ancient pollards.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allerford and Luccombe.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the county of , England, located within Exmoor National Park, and is part of the parish of . It appears in Domesday Book as "Alresford – forda Ralph de Limesy Mill".

Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Luckham is a village and civil parish in the in the county of . It at the foot of the moor's highest hill, the 1,750 feet Dunkery Beacon, and is about one mile south of the A39 road between Porlock and .

Hamlet
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a harbour settlement approximately 1.5 miles west of the inland village of Porlock, , England. "Porlock" comes from the Old English port loca, meaning an enclosure near a harbour.

Porlock

Latitude
51.2086° or 51° 12′ 31″ north
Longitude
-3.5959° or 3° 35′ 45″ west
Population
1,210
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB PRZ
Open location code
9C3R6C53+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29486764
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640088
Wiki­data ID
Q1225604
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Porlock” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Porlock”
  • Cebuano: “Porlock”
  • Chinese: “Porlock”
  • Chinese: “波洛克”
  • Dutch: “Porlock”
  • French: “A person from Porlock”
  • French: “Person from Porlock”
  • French: “Porlock”
  • German: “Porlock”
  • Irish: “Porlock”
  • Italian: “Porlock”
  • Japanese: “ポーロック”
  • Ladin: “Porlock”
  • Latin: “Porlock”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Porlock”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Porlock”
  • Polish: “Porlock”
  • Slovenian: “Porlock”
  • Spanish: “Porlock”
  • Swedish: “Porlock”
  • Turkish: “Porlock”

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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 “Porlock”. Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.