East Brent

East Brent
Roofs of houses with prominent church spire to the right. Hills in the background.
Crook Peak and East Brent Church
East Brent is located in Somerset
East Brent
East Brent
Location within Somerset
Population1,302 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceST347520
Civil parish
  • East Brent
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHighbridge
Postcode districtTA9
Dialling code01278
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°15′50″N 2°56′10″W / 51.264°N 2.936°W / 51.264; -2.936

East Brent is a village and civil parish, on the eastern edge of a hill that dominates the surrounding level countryside—Brent Knoll—close to the M5 motorway, 5 miles (8 km) west of Axbridge, in the county of Somerset, in the south-west of England. The parish includes the hamlets of Rooksbridge, where the A38 road crosses the Mark Yeo and Edingworth.

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