Leigh upon Mendip
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Leigh-on-Mendip or Leigh upon Mendip (on Ordnance Survey maps) is a small village on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It lies roughly equidistant from Frome, Radstock and Shepton Mallet at about from each town.
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Place details
- Locality
- Leigh upon Mendip
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Giles Leigh on Mendip.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Giles church
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Leigh-on-Mendip
- UK place.population
- 514
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset Council
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Frome and East Somerset
- UK place.post_town
- RADSTOCK
- UK place.postcode_district
- BA3
- UK place.postcode_area
- BA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01373
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST695475
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Mendip
- Population
- 514
- Image
- St Giles Leigh on Mendip.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01373
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- Leigh upon Mendip
- OS grid reference
- ST695475
- P8168
- Argentan
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Leigh-on-Mendip or Leigh upon Mendip (on Ordnance Survey maps) is a small village on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It lies roughly equidistant from Frome, Radstock and Shepton Mallet at about from each town.
The village has several sporting clubs, including cricket, shortmat bowls and table tennis. There is a First School. The village is served by The Bell public house, allotments, a busy Memorial Hall and outdoor play and exercise equipment. Local charity Friends of Leigh Church fundraises for repairs to the Grade I-listed Church of St Giles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leigh upon Mendip” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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