Edington, Somerset

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Edington
Edington shown within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST385395
District	Sedgemoor
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TAUNTON
Postcode district	TA7
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°09′05″N 2°52′50″W / 51.151438, -2.880675

For other uses, see Edington (disambiguation).

Edington is a rural village, situated on the north side of the Polden Hills in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset.

Either side of it lie the villages of Chilton Polden and Catcott, and north of it is the small village of Burtle. There is a 12th century church, but the nearest primary school is in the village of Catcott.

Edington has a surgery and an active village hall where the annual pantomime is held. At the north end of the village is a Holy Well which, since recent drainage work was carried out for Wessex Water, no longer functions.

Edington was once linked to the towns of Bridgwater and Burnham-on-Sea by a branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, opened in 1890. Edington railway station was known as Edington Junction between 1890 and 1953 changing to Edington Burtle on the closure of the Bridgwater line and closing on March 7, 1966.

Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors SSSI is a 1083 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest consisting of land south of the River Brue managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust and is known for the variety of the bird life.