Church of St John
The Anglican Church of St John in Skilgate, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in West Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church of St John, Skilgate” and “St John the Baptist’s Church, Skilgate”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St James and Haddon Hill.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Church of St John.
Haddon Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haddon Hill is a prominent east–west aligned ridge in west Somerset, England, close to Hartford within the civil parish of Brompton Regis. It lies on the south-eastern fringe of Exmoor National Park though is separated from the Exmoor massif itself by the… Haddon Hill is situated 2 miles northwest of Church of St John.
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. Wimbleball Lake is situated 2 miles north of Church of St John.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skilgate and Upton.
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.
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.
Petton
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petton, also known as Petton Cross, is an English village in the civil parish of Bampton, the district of Mid Devon, and the county of Devon. It lies on the B3227 road that links Taunton and Torrington. Petton is situated 2 miles southeast of Church of St John.
Church of St John
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Skilgate, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.03549° or 51° 2′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.44628° or 3° 26′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C3R2HP3+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 322658364OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17556021
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