Regil, North Somerset

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Regil
Statistics
Population:	approx. 500
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	ST539625
Administration
District:	North 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:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	South Western
Post office and telephone
Post town:	BRISTOL
Postal district:	BS40
Dialling code:	01275
Politics
UK Parliament:	Woodspring
European Parliament:	South West England

Regil (grid reference ST539625) is a small village within the Chew Valley in North Somerset about 8 miles south of Bristol very close to Chew Stoke and Chew Valley Lake.

It has one pub, a village hall and several farms.

Contents 1 Government and politics 2 Demographics 3 Church 4 Grade II listed buildings 5 References

[edit] Government and politics

Regil is part of the Winford Ward which is represented by one councillor on the North Somerset Unitary Authority which has responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. The village is a part of the Woodspring constituency which elects one MP to the Westminster Parliament and part of the South West England constituency which elects 7 members to the European Parliament.

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2001 Census the Winford Ward, had 1,316 residents, living in 527 households, with an average age of 41.9 years. Of these 73% of residents describing their health as 'good', 26% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.8% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,024 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived. ^[1]

[edit] Church

The small church in the village is dedicated to St James.

[edit] Grade II listed buildings

• (Regil Farmhouse at Images of England)

[edit] References

• ↑  Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA North Somerset 013B Winford. Office of National Statistics 2001 Census. Retrieved on 2006-04-25.