Wincanton
Wincanton is a town and electoral ward in Somerset, southwest England. The town lies off the A303 road, a main route between London and South West England, and has some light industry. In the 2021 census the civil parish had a population of 6,568.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,440 residents
- Description: town in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Wincanton, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Stephen, Charlton Musgrove and Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wincanton.
Church of St Stephen, Charlton Musgrove
Church
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Stephen in Charlton Musgrove in the English county of Somerset was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wincanton
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul in Wincanton within the English county of Somerset is a Grade II* listed building. The Church of St Peter and St Paul was almost totally rebuilt 1887-91 by J.
King Arthur’s School
School
Photo: William, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King Arthur's School is a smaller than average secondary school in Wincanton, Somerset, England. It had 350 students between the ages of 11 and 16 in 2017. Before April 2019 it was called King Arthur's Community School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holton.
Holton
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holton is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated on the A303 road 2 miles south west of Wincanton. The village has a population of 238.
Wincanton
- Categories: market town and locality
- Location: South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.056° or 51° 3′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.4112° or 2° 24′ 40″ westPopulation
5,440Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WCTOpen location code
9C3V3H4Q+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 890077752OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Wincanton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وينكانتون”
- Asturian: “Wincanton”
- Basque: “Wincanton”
- Bengali: “উইনকেনটন”
- Cebuano: “Wincanton (lungsod)”
- Cebuano: “Wincanton”
- Chinese: “Wincanton”
- Chinese: “温坎顿”
- Chinese: “溫坎頓”
- Dutch: “Wincanton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وينكانتون”
- Estonian: “Wincanton”
- French: “Wincanton”
- German: “Wincanton”
- Gujarati: “વિનકેન્ટન”
- Irish: “Wincanton”
- Italian: “Wincanton”
- Japanese: “ウィンカントン”
- Japanese: “ウィンキャントン”
- Kannada: “ವಿನ್ಕಾನ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “윈칸턴”
- Ladin: “Wincanton (Somerset)”
- Ladin: “Wincanton”
- Latin: “Wincanton”
- Lithuanian: “Vinkatonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wincanton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wincanton”
- Persian: “وینکانتون”
- Polish: “Wincanton”
- Portuguese: “Wincanton”
- Romanian: “Wincanton”
- Russian: “Уинкантон”
- South Azerbaijani: “وینکانتون”
- Spanish: “Wincanton”
- Swedish: “Wincanton (ort)”
- Swedish: “Wincanton”
- Tamil: “விண்கண்டன்”
- Telugu: “విన్కాంటన్”
- Turkish: “Wincanton”
- Urdu: “ونکنٹن”
- Urdu: “وینکانٹن”
- Volapük: “Wincanton”
- Welsh: “Wincanton”
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