Winscombe

Winscombe
Street scene with houses and shops on both side of road on which there is a tractor.
Looking down Woodborough Road towards the village centre
Winscombe is located in Somerset
Winscombe
Winscombe
Location within Somerset
Populationest. 4,500
OS grid referenceST425575
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWINSCOMBE
Postcode districtBS25
Dialling code01934
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°18′49″N 2°49′35″W / 51.3136°N 2.8263°W / 51.3136; -2.8263

Winscombe is a large village in the North Somerset unitary district of Somerset, South West England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Weston-super-Mare and 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Bristol. The Parish of Winscombe and Sandford, centred on the Parish Church of Church of St James the Great, includes the villages/hamlets of Barton, Hale, Oakridge, Nye, Sidcot and Woodborough.[1]

Winscombe has a few shops and businesses focused in the centre of the village, along Woodborough Road and Sandford Road. There is a doctor's surgery in the village, a vet and two dentists.

West of the village is the Max Bog biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

  1. ^ Tucker, Margaret, The Book of Winscombe, Halsgrove Press, ISBN 1-84114-344-8