Dowlish Wake

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dowlish Wake
Dowlish Wake shown within Somerset
Population	293^[1]
OS grid reference	ST375125
District	South Somerset
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHARD
Postcode district	TA19
Dialling code	01460
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Yeovil
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 50°54′31″N 2°53′25″W / 50.9085, -2.8903

Dowlish Wake is a small village and parish in Somerset, England, situated five miles north east of Chard in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 293^[2]. The village is famous locally for the cider produced at Perrys Cider Mill. The village also contains a pub, a church and an antiques shop. The post office closed in the 1980s. Until the early 1990s parts of the village were regularly cut off by floodwaters between two fords which cross the main road. However, this flooding has been prevented after the construction of wider water pipes beneath the road.

Speke Hall was the home of the family of John Hanning Speke who explored Africa in the 1850s and 1860s in search of the source of the Nile.

Meadowbank was the home of the family of Gary Mortimer hot air balloonist