Binegar
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Binegar | |
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Statistics | |
Population: | 293 |
Ordnance Survey | |
OS grid reference: | ST615495 |
Administration | |
District: | Mendip |
Shire county: | Somerset |
Region: | South West England |
Constituent country: | England |
Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
Other | |
Ceremonial county: | Somerset |
Historic county: | Somerset |
Services | |
Police force: | Avon and Somerset |
Fire and rescue: | Somerset |
Ambulance: | South Western |
Post office and telephone | |
Post town: | |
Postal district: | |
Dialling code: | |
Politics | |
UK Parliament: | |
European Parliament: | South West England |
Binegar is a small village in Somerset, England. It is located on the A37, between Shepton Mallet and Chilcompton. Its principal focus is on quarrying and agriculture.
The village has one primary school, one very old church, post office, general store, and smattering of houses. It used to have a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which closed in 1966.
Its population in 1991 was 293.