Chewton Keynsham

Chewton Keynsham
North from Fairy Hill, looking toward Chewton Keynsham and Keynsham
Mission Church
Chewton Keynsham
Chewton Keynsham shown within Somerset
Population	approx. 100
OS grid reference	ST652664
Civil parish	Compton Dando
Unitary authority	Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS40
Dialling code	01761
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	North East Somerset
List of places UK England Somerset 51°23′44″N 2°29′58″W / 51.3955°N 2.4995°W / 51.3955; -2.4995Coordinates: 51°23′44″N 2°29′58″W / 51.3955°N 2.4995°W / 51.3955; -2.4995

Chewton Keynsham (grid reference ST652664) is a hamlet on the River Chew in the Chew Valley, Somerset. It is 7 miles from Bristol, 7 miles from Bath, and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the centre of the town of Keynsham.

The place lies on the Monarch's Way long distance footpath.

Chewton Keynsham is part of the Farmborough Ward which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority which has wider responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. The village is a part of the North East Somerset constituency and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

According to the 2011 Census, the E00072685 output area (which extended from Queens Charlton to Burnett, both with higher populations), had 286 residents of which 40 were children, living in 117 households. Of these 242 described their health as 'good' or 'very good', 32 adults had no qualifications; 1 person was unemployed, whereas 77 were economically inactive, which includes carers, 18 students and 44 retirees.

The settlement is linear with outlying farms on the valley slopes and has an 18th century bridge crossing the River Chew, which follows the course of the village street north-south. Farmland occupies most of the mixed clay and calciferous hillsides and semi-plateaus above, interspersed by small areas of ancient woodland and many hedgerows.

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