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| Founded | 1892 |
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| Country | England |
| Other club(s) from | Wales |
| Divisions | Premier Division Division One |
| Number of teams | 42 20 (Premier Division) 22 (Division One) |
| Level on pyramid | Levels 9–10 |
| Feeder to | Southern League Division One South |
| Relegation to | Dorset Premier League Gloucestershire County League Somerset County League Wiltshire League South West Peninsula League* *Only relegated from & promoted to Premier Division |
| Domestic cup(s) | Les Phillips Cup |
| Current champions | Helston Athletic (Premier Division) Portishead Town (Division One) (2023–24) |
| Website | Official |
| Current: 2024–25 season | |
The Western Football League is a football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Jewson, so it is also known as the Jewson Western League for sponsorship reasons.
Recent restructuring of the English football league system has placed the two divisions, known as the Premier Division and Division One (each a maximum of twenty-two clubs) at the ninth and tenth tiers overall, known as Step 5 and Step 6 of the National League System.
The champion club get promoted to a Step 4 league, which in practice will almost certainly be the Southern League Division One South. Below the Western League are four local leagues covering smaller areas, the Gloucestershire County League, the Somerset County League, the Dorset Premier League and the Wiltshire League.[1] The South West Peninsula League Premier Divisions East and West are also feeders to the Western League but due to having Step 6 status (the same level as the Western League Division One), they feed directly into the Western League Premier Division.
- ^ Houlihan, Owen (24 May 2013). "FOOTBALL: Chippenham Park to join Toolstation League". Gazette and Herald. Wiltshire. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.