Moorhouse Moors
Moorhouse Moors is in Upton, West Somerset District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Moorhouse Moors is situated nearby to the hamlet Upton, as well as near Bridge End.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wimbleball Lake and Church of St James.
Wimbleball Lake
Reservoir
Photo: Adrian Boliston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wimbleball Lake on Exmoor in Somerset, England, is a water supply reservoir constructed in the 1970s and completed in 1979. The 161 feet high dam is of concrete buttress construction and impounds the River Haddeo to provide a water storage capacity of some 21,000 megalitres over an area of 374 acres.
Church of St John
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Anglican Church of St John in Skilgate, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upton and Skilgate.
Upton
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upton is a village and civil parish north of Skilgate in Somerset, England. It is situated on a hill above the eastern end of Wimbleball Lake.
Skilgate
Village
Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skilgate is a village and civil parish 5 miles east of Dulverton and 8 miles west of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England. It has a population of 96. The parish, which covers an area of 866 ha, straddles the boundary of the Exmoor National Park lying on the southern edge of the Brendon Hills, and is close to the border with Devon.
Huish Champflower
Village
Huish Champflower is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, three miles north-west of Wiveliscombe and ten miles north of Wellington. It has a population of 301.
Moorhouse Moors
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Wetland
- Category: body of water
- Location: Upton, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0552° or 51° 3′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.4259° or 3° 25′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C3R3H4F+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1059498047OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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