Towns & cities · South West England
Otterhampton
Otterhampton — village in Somerset, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Highbridge and Burnham · 8.5 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Otterhampton is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 799 people. Address: TA5. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Somerset, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.1830°, -3.0800°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Bridgwater Bay SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: SOMERSET WETLANDS
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Quantock Hills
- Ramsar wetland: Severn Estuary
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Otterhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The civil parish includes the larger village of Combwich and the small village of Steart.
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Background
History
It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Utramestone meaning 'The outermost enclosure' from the Old English ultramest and tun. An alternative derivation is from the Saxon, meaning "place of Ottrane" the original Saxon thane. Otterhampton was part of the hundred of Cannington. The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, sea level rise and wave action had made some of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result, in 2002 the Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.
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- Coordinates
- 51.1830, -3.0800
- District
- Somerset
- Parish
- Otterhampton
- Postcode
- TA5
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bridgwater
- Population
- 799
- Nearest railway station
- Highbridge and Burnham — 8.5 km
- Official site
- www.somersetintelligence.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q651588 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Otterhampton (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Otterhampton church - geograph.org.uk - 95683.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Otterhampton?
- Otterhampton is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TA5), in the parish of Otterhampton.
- Is Otterhampton a protected site?
- Yes — Otterhampton is part of the Bridgwater Bay SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the SOMERSET WETLANDS National Nature Reserve.
- Is Otterhampton free to visit?
- Yes, Otterhampton is free to enter.
- How do I get to Otterhampton?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TA5. It sits within the Bridgwater parliamentary constituency.