West Hatch

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West Hatch
West Hatch shown within Somerset
Population	292^[1]
OS grid reference	ST286209
District	Taunton Deane
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TAUNTON
Postcode district	TA3
Dialling code	01823
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Taunton
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 50°58′60″N 3°01′04″W / 50.9832, -3.0177

West Hatch is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated five miles south east of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 292^[2].

West Hatch has been the home of an RSPCA centre since 1963 when a farm was purchased for the charity. A new purpose built centre was constructed 1997. During the cleanup operation after the beaching off the MSC Napoli cargo ship off the coast of Devon, the majority of seabirds covered in oil were sent to the West Hatch RSPCA to be cleaned.