Cutcombe

Cutcombe
Stone building with square tower. In the foreground are gravestones.
Cutcombe is located in Somerset
Cutcombe
Cutcombe
Location within Somerset
Population361 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSS929391
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMINEHEAD
Postcode districtTA24
Dialling code01643
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°08′30″N 3°31′52″W / 51.1417°N 3.5312°W / 51.1417; -3.5312

Cutcombe is a village and civil parish 9 miles (14 km) south of Minehead and north of Dulverton straddling the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills in Somerset. It has a population of 361.[1]

The parish includes the hamlet of Wheddon Cross which is one of the higher hamlets within the Exmoor National Park at 980 feet (299 m) above sea level, the highest being Simonsbath.

  1. ^ a b "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.