Winscombe
| Winscombe | |
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 Looking down Woodborough Road towards the village centre |
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 Winscombe
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| Winscombe shown within Somerset | |
| Population | est. 4,500 |
| OS grid reference | ST425575 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WINSCOMBE |
| Postcode district | BS25 |
| Dialling code | 01934 (84)xxxx and (85)xxxx |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Winscombe is a village in North Somerset, 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.
Historically part of Somerset, 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, and two dentists.
West of the village is the Max Bog biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
It has been suggested that the name means a valley belonging to a Saxon named Wine.
The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred.
Winscombe was the subject of an historical and archaeological study led by Professor Mick Aston, published in the Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.
From 1894 to 1974 Winscombe was part of the Axbridge Rural District. When this was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 it became part of the Woodspring district in the new county of Avon. In 1996 this became the North Somerset unitary authority, which remains part of the ceremonial county of Somerset.
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