Shoscombe

Shoscombe
Several houses, many with white walls and red roofs nestling in a green valley with occasional trees.
Shoscombe is located in Somerset
Shoscombe
Shoscombe
Location within Somerset
Population443 [1]
OS grid referenceST717561
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBath
Postcode districtBA2
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°18′13″N 2°24′24″W / 51.3037°N 2.4066°W / 51.3037; -2.4066

Shoscombe is a small village and civil parish in the valley of the Wellow Brook in north-east Somerset, about 7 miles (11 km) south of Bath, England. The parish has a population of 443.[1]

From 23 September 1929 until the line closed on 7 March 1966, Shoscombe had a railway station, Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt, on the main line of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Shoscombe School is a Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School,[2] in a grade II listed building.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Shoscombe Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Shoscombe School". Shoscombe School. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Shoscombe Primary School and St. Julian's Church". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2008.