Luccombe, Somerset

Luccombe, Somerset

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.1893
longitude= -3.5539
official_name= Luccombe
population =
shire_district= West Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Bridgwater
post_town= MINEHEAD
postcode_district = TA24
postcode_area= TA
dial_code= 01643
os_grid_reference= SS915445

Luccombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Stoke Pero.

Luccombe is located in the Exmoor National Park at the foot of the moor's highest hill, the 1,750ft Dunkery Beacon, and is about one mile south of the A39 road between Porlock and Minehead. Administratively Luccombe forms part of the district of West Somerset.

In 1944 Sir Richard Acland gave the Holnicote Estate, which includes Luccombe, to the National Trust.

Luccombe is also the location of the annual St. Albans Cathedral Choir Camp, which celebrates it 50th anniversairy this year (2008)

External links

* [http://www.localhistories.org/luccombe.html A brief history]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/SOM/Luccombe/Gaz1868.html GENUKI page]
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