West Hatch

West Hatch

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 50.9832
longitude= -3.0177
official_name= West Hatch
population = 292ref|population
shire_district= Taunton Deane
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
Ambulance= South Western
constituency_westminster= Taunton
post_town= TAUNTON|postcode_district = TA3
postcode_area= TA |dial_code= 01823
os_grid_reference= ST286209

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 292ref|population.

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.

References

# Somerset County Council, 2002. [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/estimates/2002mye/ Population estimates] .


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