Northmoor Green is a village in south central

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, that is more commonly known as Moorland, and sometimes mistakenly called Fordgate even though it is a separate hamlet. These places being

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of Moorland in the

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North Petherton North Petherton is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the eastern foothills of the Quantocks, and close to the edge of the Somerset Levels. The town has a population of 6,730 as of 2014. The parish includ ...

. It is the only village in the

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with two official names on an OS Map (Northmoor Green or Moorland) Set in the heart of the

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it has the River Parrett running next to it. It has fewer local amenities than it used to; the village shop, school and post office have closed leaving only a church, village hall and an out of village pub, ''The Thatchers Arms''. The church of St Peter and St John was built in the 1840s. The Village Hall was built to celebrate the

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of Queen Elizabeth II. It was originally started by the villagers themselves, but had to be pulled down and rebuilt by professional builders, as the walls were not straight. Dances used to be held in it once a month, with refreshments provided by the local

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. Before the hall was built, a small amateur dramatic society, The Parrett Players, produced two one-act plays which were held in the local school. The village gained nationwide recognition in February 2014 due to extensive flooding on the Somerset Levels which particularly affected Moorland, when the Environment Agency constructed an earth bank to try to hold back the water. North Moor Pumping Station - geograph

Moorland Court Farmhouse was built in the early 19th century. It is a Grade II

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. Winslade Farmhouse which is also listed dates from the 17th century, as does Moorland Cottage.

North Moor North Moor () is a 676.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Lyng in Somerset, England. It was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1986. North Moor is a nationally important grazing marsh and ditch syst ...

to the south of the village is a 676.3

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. The low-lying area is drained by a series of ditches and the Northmoor Pumping Station. Serious flooding occurred during the Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels. The Church of St Peter and St John was closed for two years following the flooding and reopened in January 2016.

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Villages in Sedgemoor North Petherton