St John the Baptist
St John the Baptist is a church in Durston, Taunton Deane District, England. St John the Baptist is situated nearby to the community center Durston Village Hall, as well as near the aerodrome Lower Durston Airstrip.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Address: Durston, Taunton, TA3 5AF
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton and St Michael’s Church.
St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton
Church
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St Augustine in West Monkton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The parish church has an 88 feet tower, of four stories, with no pinnacles or fancy tracery on the windows, giving the tower a slender, austere look compared to the medieval Somerset towers of churches in nearby Taunton, for example. St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton is situated 1½ miles west of St John the Baptist.
St Michael’s Church
Church
The Church of St Michael, which stands next to the River Tone in Creech St Michael, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. St Michael’s Church is situated 2 miles southwest of St John the Baptist.
Church of St Peter, North Newton
Church
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Peter in North Newton within the English county of Somerset has a tower believed to date from Saxon times. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Peter, North Newton is situated 2 miles north of St John the Baptist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durston and Thurloxton.
Durston
Hamlet
Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Durston is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the A361 road 5 miles north east of Taunton and 6 miles south of Bridgwater. The parish lies on undulating ground between the lowest slopes of the Quantock Hills and the valley of the River Tone at the Curry and Hay Moors.
Thurloxton
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thurloxton is a village and civil parish 5 miles north-east of Taunton, and 5 miles south-west of Bridgwater on the south-eastern slopes of the Quantock Hills in the county of Somerset, England. Thurloxton is situated 1½ miles northwest of St John the Baptist.
West Monkton
Village
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Monkton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles north east of Taunton. The parish includes the hamlets of Monkton Heathfield, Bathpool, and Burlinch and the western parts of Coombe and Walford, and had a population of 2,787 at the 2011 census. West Monkton is situated 2 miles west of St John the Baptist.
St John the Baptist
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Durston, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.04792° or 51° 2′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.01277° or 3° 0′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3R2XXP+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 372944160OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglican
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