Chilcompton

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Chilcompton

Coordinates: 51.2686° N 2.5025° W

Chilcompton (United Kingdom)
Chilcompton
Population 1,918
OS grid reference ST645515
District Mendip
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
List of places: UKEnglandSomerset

Chilcompton is a village in Somerset, England, situated in the Mendip Hills two miles south of Midsomer Norton. The village has a population of 1,918 (2002 estimate). The village is situated one mile west of the Fosse Way Roman road and Downside Abbey, and one mile north east of Blacker's Hill fort.

There were four pubs in the village some time ago, currently there are two left - The Somerset Wagon (previously The Railway) and The Redan Inn. The Britannia and Naishes Crossing had been the other two - The Britannia being the later of the two to close its doors one last time in the 80s.

The Redan Inn has recently won the award for the best pub in the south-west

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The village used to have a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which closed in 1966.

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