Wellington

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Wellington

Total population

13,696

Coordinates50.98°, -3.23°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Wellington is a market town in Somerset, England. It is situated 7 miles (11 km) south west of Taunton, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town. As well as the main built-up area of the town itself, the parish also includes the smaller settlements of Rockwell Green, Tone, and Tonedale. At the 2021 census, the Wellington built-up area had a population of 13,815, and the parish had a population of 16,678.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Simon Singh

British mathematician, journalist and science communicator (born 1964)

Robert Scott

British academic and priest (1811–1887)

Lintorn Simmons

British Field Marshal (1821-1903)

Harry Cording

British actor (1891-1954)

William Hood Treacher

British colonial administrator (1849–1919)

Frank Hancock

English rugby union footballer (1859-1943)

George Smith

Anglican missionary in China and bishop (1815-1871)

Samuel Canning

British engineer

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Ben Trott

English cricketer (born 1975)

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David Oxley

British actor (1920-1985)

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Edward Bennett

English merchant and colonist (b. 1577)

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Edward Page

English cricketer (1864-1946)

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Edwin Leat

English cricketer (1885-1918)

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Ernest Alfred Adams

Baker, businessman, philanthropist (1892-1976)

Francis Hugh Fox

English rugby union footballer (1863-1952)

Froude Hancock

English rugby union footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Bampton
  11.3 mi away
• Bradninch
  13.5 mi away · pop. 2,041
• Axminster
  16.9 mi away
• Cranbrook
  17.3 mi away
• Burnham-on-Sea
  20.5 mi away
• South Molton
  26.5 mi away
• Weston-super-Mare
  27.7 mi away
• Axbridge
  27.8 mi away · pop. 2,057
• Chulmleigh
  28.3 mi away
• North Tawton
  31.6 mi away
• Castle Cary
  31.9 mi away
• Bovey Tracey
  33.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Wellington

The history of England

David Hume · 1754

By the King

England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I). · 1625

History of the granite industry of New England

Arthur Wellington Brayley · 1913

History of the Granite Industry of New England; Volume 2

Arthur Wellington Brayley · 2018

Wellington's charge

Berwick Coates · 2002

History of the Granite Industry of New England; Volume 1

Arthur Wellington Brayley · 2018

Bizarre Happenings at Wellington Manor

Peter Walker · 1972

The trefoil

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1923

Search results from Open Library.

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