Taunton

Taunton is the county town of , a county in the south-west of . Taunton has several landmarks room its thousand-year history, and is famous for its cider.
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  • Type: Town with 60,000 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Somerset, England
  • Also known as: “Taunton i Somerset”, “Таунтон”, and “Тоунтон”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taunton railway station and County Ground.

Railway station
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serves the county town of Taunton, in , England. It is a stop on the Bristol to Exeter line, the Reading to Taunton line and the Cross Country Route.

Stadium
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The , known for sponsorship reasons as Cooper Associates , is a cricket ground in Taunton, Somerset. It is the home of Somerset County Cricket Club, who have played there since 1882.

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is a castle built to defend the town of Taunton, , England. It has origins in the Anglo Saxon period and was later the site of a priory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Comeytrowe and Bishop’s Hull.

Suburb
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is a south western suburb of Taunton and former civil parish, now in the parish Taunton in the county , England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 5,463. The parish included the area Galmington.

Village
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Bishop's Hull is a village and civil parish in , England, in the western suburbs of Taunton. It includes the areas of Rumwell, Rumwell Park, Roughmoor and Longaller and is close to the .

Village
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is a village, electoral ward and civil parish in , England, situated near Taunton. The parish, which includes Dipford and Staplehay, has a population of 2,288.

Taunton

Latitude
51.0148° or 51° 0′ 53″ north
Longitude
-3.1029° or 3° 6′ 11″ west
Population
60,000
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
IATA airport code
TTY
United Nations Location Code
GB TAU
Open location code
9C3R2V7W+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302522410
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2636177
Wiki­data ID
Q845619
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Taunton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تونتون”
  • Armenian: “Տոնտոն”
  • Asturian: “Taunton”
  • Basque: “Taunton”
  • Belarusian: “Тонтан”
  • Bengali: “টন্টন”
  • Bulgarian: “Тоунтън”
  • Catalan: “Taunton”
  • Cebuano: “Taunton”
  • Chinese: “汤顿”
  • Chinese: “湯頓”
  • Czech: “Taunton”
  • Danish: “Taunton”
  • Dutch: “Taunton”
  • Esperanto: “Taunton”
  • Finnish: “Taunton”
  • French: “Taunton”
  • Georgian: “ტონტონი”
  • German: “Taunton”
  • Gujarati: “ટૌટન”
  • Hebrew: “טונטון”
  • Hindi: “टाउंटन”
  • Indonesian: “Taunton, Inggris”
  • Indonesian: “Taunton”
  • Interlingue: “Taunton”
  • Irish: “Taunton”
  • Italian: “Taunton”
  • Japanese: “トーントン”
  • Kannada: “ಟೌನ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “톤턴”
  • Ladin: “Taunton”
  • Latin: “Tantonia”
  • Latvian: “Tontona”
  • Lithuanian: “Tontonas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Taunton”
  • Malayalam: “ടൗന്റൺ”
  • Marathi: “टाँटन”
  • Northern Frisian: “Taunton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taunton”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taunton”
  • Norwegian: “Taunton”
  • Ossetian: “Тонтон”
  • Panjabi: “ਟਾਊਂਟਨ”
  • Persian: “تاونتون”
  • Polish: “Taunton”
  • Portuguese: “Taunton”
  • Quechua: “Taunton”
  • Romanian: “Taunton”
  • Russian: “Тонтон”
  • Serbian: “Tonton”
  • Serbian: “Тонтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taunton, Somerset”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taunton”
  • Silesian: “Taunton”
  • Slovak: “Taunton”
  • Slovenian: “Taunton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تاونتون”
  • Spanish: “Taunton”
  • Swedish: “Taunton”
  • Tamil: “டவுண்டோன்”
  • Tatar: “Тонтон”
  • Telugu: “టౌన్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Taunton”
  • Ukrainian: “Тонтон”
  • Urdu: “ٹانٹن”
  • Urdu: “ولٹن، سومرسیٹ”
  • Volapük: “Taunton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taunton”
  • Welsh: “Taunton”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹانٹن”
  • Yue Chinese: “湯頓”
  • Yue Chinese: “陶頓”
  • “Taunton”

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