Moorlinch SSSI
Moorlinch (grid reference ST390360) is a 226.0 hectare (558.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Moorlinch in Somerset, notified in 1985.
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Taunton /ˈtɔːntən/ is the county town of Somerset, England. The built up area of the town had a population of 64,621 in 2011.
Population: 60,433
Latitude: 51° 00' 53.78" N
Longitude: -3° 06' 10.55" W
Articles of interest in Taunton
161 Articles of interest near Taunton, United Kingdom
Show all articles in the mapMembury Castle
Membury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort situated above the Village of Membury in Devon.
Holbrook Garden
Holbrook Garden is a one hectare garden outside Sampford Peverell, Tiverton, Devon, with experimental naturalistic plantings creating differing habitats. The plantings draw on the German approach to naturalism but strongly influenced by wild plant p…
Hawkridge Reservoir
Hawkridge Reservoir is a reservoir near Spaxton, Somerset, England.
Hartridge Hill
Hartridge Hill is an elongated, peat hill situated in the Luppitt catchment area of East Devon, England. Mostly privately owned and used primarily for farming this is, with a peak rising 261 metres above Sea Level, one of the highest spots in the Ot…
Goodleigh, Bodmiscombe
Goodleigh is a village in the county of Devon, England, located about 1 km northeast of Bodmiscombe.
Ge-mare Farm Fields
Ge-mare Farm Fields (grid reference ST155424) is a 4.1 hectare (10.3 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Holford on the Quantock Hills in Somerset, notified in 1988.
Fivehead Arable Fields
Fivehead Arable Fields (grid reference ST337224) is a 10.3 hectare (25.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Fivehead in Somerset, notified in 1990.
Dumpdon Hill
Dumpdon Hill is an Iron Age Hill Fort near Honiton in Devon, somewhat overshadowed by its better known neighbour Hembury Fort it is nonetheless as impressive an earthwork.
Chard Rural District
Chard was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.
Bodmiscombe Preceptory
Bodmiscombe Preceptory was a priory in Devon, England.
Ashford Reservoir
Ashford Reservoir is a small reservoir on the eastern side of the Quantock Hills near the villages of Charlynch and Spaxton in Somerset, England. It was constructed 1934 as a water supply reservoir for Bridgwater.
WebberBus
WebberBus is a privately owned company that operates bus services around Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge, Minehead, Taunton, Street, Glastonbury, and Wells in Somerset and also around Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England.
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The name of the town was Cerden in 1065 and Cerdre in the Domesday Book of 1086. Before the Norman Conquest, Chard was held by the Bishop of Wells. The town's first charter was from King John in 1234. Most of the town was destroyed by fire in 1577, …
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Bridgwater is situated, on the edge of the Somerset Levels, in a level and well-wooded country, having to the north the Mendip range and on the west the Quantock hills. The town lies along both sides of the River Parrett, 10 miles (16 km) from its m…
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Known as Weolingtun in the Anglo-Saxon period, its name had changed to Walintone by the time of the Domesday Book of 1086. Wellington became a town under a royal charter of 1215 and during the medieval period it grew as a centre for trade on the roa…
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The town has over 1,000 years of religious and military history, and is now undergoing a regeneration project. It has various transport links which support its central role in economy and commerce.