Winscombe

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This article is about the English village. For the New Zealand locality, see Winscombe, New Zealand.
The Millennium Green at Winscombe, on the site of the former railway station.
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The Millennium Green at Winscombe, on the site of the former railway station.

Winscombe is a village in North Somerset, England, close to the towns of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills. Weston-super-Mare is also nearby.

There are two schools in the village, as well as community and sports facilities. State secondary education is provided at nearby Churchill School. There is a Society of Friends' school called Sidcot near the village.

The Parish of Winscombe and Sandford, centred around the Parish Church of Saint James, includes the villages of Barton, Oakridge, Sandford, Sidcot and Woodborough.

Winscombe grew in the 19th century with the arrival of a branch of the Great Western Railway, opened in 1869. This was the 'Strawberry Line', which ran from Yatton to Cheddar. The railway was closed in 1963, and today, the route is a public footpath, and the site of the former Winscombe station is now the Millennium Green.

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Mendip Hills
The towns and villages: Axbridge | Banwell | Bishop Sutton | Blagdon | Bleadon | Burrington | Charterhouse | Cheddar | Chewton Mendip | Compton Bishop | Compton Martin | Draycott | Easton | East Harptree | Hinton Blewitt | Hutton | Leigh-on-Mendip | Litton | Priddy | Rodney Stoke | Sandford | Shepton Mallet | Shipham | Webbington | Wells | West Harptree | Ubley | Westbury-sub-Mendip | Winscombe
The rivers and lakes: Blagdon Lake | Cheddar Reservoir | Chew Valley Lake | River Chew | River Yeo | Litton Reservoirs
The caves and gorges: Cheddar Gorge and Caves | Swildon's Hole | Wookey Hole
SSSIs: Asham Wood | Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill | Banwell Caves | Banwell Ochre Caves | Barns Batch Spinney | Blagdon Lake | Bleadon Hill | Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins | Burledge Hill | Burrington Combe | Chancellor's Farm | Cheddar Complex | Cheddar Reservoir | Cheddar Wood | Chew Valley Lake | Compton Martin Ochre Mine | Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill | Dolebury Warren | Draycott Sleights | Ebbor Gorge | Emborough Quarries | Harptree Combe | Kingdown and Middledown | Lamb Leer | Priddy Caves | Priddy Pools | Perch | Rodney Stoke | St. Dunstan's Well Catchment | Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot | Shiplate Slait | Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
Councils: Bath and North East Somerset | Mendip | North Somerset | Sedgemoor
Surrounding areas: Avon | Chew Valley | Somerset Levels | North Somerset Levels
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