South Stoke, Somerset

South Stoke
Bathstone building with prominent four stage tower at the right hand end. Partly obscured by a yew tree.
South Stoke is located in Somerset
South Stoke
South Stoke
Location within Somerset
Population460 [1]
OS grid referenceST752615
Civil parish
  • Southstoke
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBATH
Postcode districtBA2
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
Websitewww.southstokepc.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°21′07″N 2°21′25″W / 51.352°N 2.357°W / 51.352; -2.357

South Stoke or Southstoke is a small village and civil parish in north east Somerset, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) south of the city of Bath, on the River Avon and the route of the disused Somerset Coal Canal.

In 2004, the parish council requested that the name be formally changed to South Stoke, as "this is historically the more established spelling (rather than the single word spelling Southstoke) and better reflects the origin and meaning of the Parish name."[2]

South Stoke is a designated Conservation Area as identified by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The buildings are mainly cream oolitic limestone[3] and many of the 42 listed structures in the parish[4] are in and around the village, which has retained much of its original character and historic appeal.

  1. ^ "Southstoke Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. ^ "South Stoke Parish — change of name". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 23 November 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  3. ^ Somerville, Christopher. A good walk Southstoke and Cam Valley, Somerset, The Times, 2 January 2010:
  4. ^ "Listed Buildings in Southstoke, Bath and North East Somerset". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.