Village and civil parish in Somerset, England

South Petherton

South Petherton is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, located 5 miles (8 km) east of Ilminster and 5 miles (8 km) north of Crewkerne.

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Every way there

Bristol → South Petherton
58 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £7–9
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Cardiff → South Petherton
65 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £13–18
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London → South Petherton
197 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £20–26
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around South Petherton, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What South Petherton has

YScheduled flightsBristol (BRS), 49 km
YTrains and coachesTransitous carries 3 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

50.949°, -2.809°

The parish had a population of 3,737 in 2021 and includes the smaller village of Over Stratton and the hamlets of Compton Durville, Drayton, Wigborough and Yeabridge. The River Parrett forms the eastern boundary of the parish. The village is approximately 2 miles (3 km) from East Lambrook, Martock and Lopen.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.