Aisholt

Aisholt

Infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 51.1131
longitude = -3.1513
official_name = Aisholt
population =
shire_district = Sedgemoor
shire_county = Somerset
region = South West England
constituency_westminster = Bridgwater
post_town = BRIDGWATER
postcode_district = TA5
Postcode_area = TA
dial_code = 01278
os_grid_reference = ST195355

Aisholt is a hamlet in the English county of Somerset. It is one of the Thankful Villages.

Aisholt is located in the Quantock Hills which attracted the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.

Near the village is Hawkridge Reservoir which supplies water for Bridgwater. It was constructed between 1960 and 1962.cite book |title=Portrait of the Quantocks |last=Waite |first=Vincent |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1964 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0709111584 |pages= ]

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