The Orchards
The Orchards is in West Monkton, Taunton Deane District, England, and is located on Blundells Lane. The Orchards is situated nearby to the pitch West Monkton Cricket Club, as well as near the community center Brittons Ash Community Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton and St George’s Church, Ruishton.
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 2,900 feet north of The Orchards.
St George’s Church, Ruishton
Church
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St George in Ruishton, Somerset, England was built in the 14th to 16th centuries and has been designated as a grade I listed building. The south chapel was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. St George’s Church, Ruishton is situated 1½ miles south of The Orchards.
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 1½ miles southeast of The Orchards.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Monkton and Cheddon Fitzpaine.
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.
Cheddon Fitzpaine
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheddon Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the Quantock Hills 2 miles north of Taunton. The village is situated near the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, and the River Tone and has a population of 1,929.
Creech St Michael
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Creech St Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, three miles east of Taunton. The parish straddles the M5 motorway and includes several scattered settlements.
The Orchards
- Type: Industry
- Address: Blundells Lane, Taunton, TA2 8QN
- Location: West Monkton, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.04292° or 51° 2′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.05454° or 3° 3′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C3R2WVW+55OpenStreetMap ID
way 689335285OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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