Templecombe

Also known as Templecombe, Somerset, Temple Combe

Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, east of Yeovil, and west of Salisbury. It is in the Blackmore Vale.

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Place details

Locality: Templecombe
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 1,560
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Templecombe
UK place.civil_parish: Abbas and Templecombe
UK place.static_image_name: 2015 at Templecombe station - Wincanton Road bridge and church.JPG
UK place.static_image_alt: A green railway bridge over the road with a church behind
UK place.population: 1,657
UK place.population_ref: (2021)
UK place.unitary_england: Somerset Council
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Somerset
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Glastonbury and Somerton
UK place.post_town: Templecombe
UK place.postcode_district: BA8
UK place.postcode_area: BA
UK place.dial_code: 01963
UK place.os_grid_reference: ST709223

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1657
Image: Templecombe in 2008.jpg
Dialing code: 01963

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Commons category: Templecombe
postal code: BA8
OS grid reference: ST709223
P12749: Oybach

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Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, east of Yeovil, and west of Salisbury. It is in the Blackmore Vale.

Templecombe is the main settlement in the civil parish of Abbas and Templecombe, along with the hamlet of Combe Throop. Historically, Temple Combe was the southern part of the village and Abbas Combe the northern part, but in modern usage Templecombe is the common name for the whole settlement.