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.
^Tucker, Margaret, The Book of Winscombe, Halsgrove Press, ISBN 1-84114-344-8
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secondary education locally. Having starred in local youth plays with Winscombe Youth Theatre and undertaken the two week induction at the National Youth...
England. The school is based in the Mendip Hills near the village of Winscombe, Somerset and caters for children between the ages of 3 and 18. Children...
14. During the Second World War, the Simmons family was evacuated to Winscombe, Somerset. Her father, a physical education teacher, taught briefly at...
events across the South West. They are involved with teams including Winscombe R.F.C., Bath Rugby, Somerset County Cricket Club, Bristol Rugby, Bristol...
event and finished in fourth place. Ronald was honorary secretary of the Winscombe Bowls Club and his brother Hubert was the captain of the same club. He...
boarding independent school in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Winscombe in North Somerset, in South West England. He then attended Cheltenham...
independent school for boys (now co-educational), near the village of Winscombe in Somerset in south west England. He gained higher-level education at...
principles to the design of high-density public housing. Five houses on Winscombe Street, built in 1967, were his first experiment with the terrace type...
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only architect to have had all his UK work listed: A row of houses in Winscombe Street, the Dunboyne Road Estate and Alexandra Road Estate, all located...
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