Washford
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For the hamlet by Redditch Industrial Estate of the same name partly in Mappleborough Green, see Redditch. For the neighbourhood of Ashford and Kingsnorth, see Ashford, Kent.
Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in England.[1] It centred in a valley close to the Bristol Channel on the A39 road 7 miles (11 km) east of the resort town of Minehead and 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the port of Watchet.
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Washford | |
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The dormitory, Cleeve Abbey, Washford | |
Location within Somerset | |
OS grid reference | ST045415 |
Civil parish | |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WATCHET |
Postcode district | TA23 |
Dialling code | 01984 |
Police | Avon and Somerset |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
51.1616°N 3.3653°W / 51.1616; -3.3653 |
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The village lies on the route of the Somerset Way and Celtic Way Exmoor Option.