Farmborough
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| Farmborough | |
  Farmborough shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Unitary authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Ceremonial county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bath |
| Postcode district | BA |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Wansdyke to be North East Somerset from next general election. |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Farmborough is a small village, 6 miles south-west of Bath in Somerset, England.
The village has historically been connected with the coal mines of the Somerset coalfield, but these are all now closed.
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[edit] Church
The Church of All Saints dates from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
[edit] Government and politics
The Farmborough ward is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, which has responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. The village is part of the Wansdyke constituency, which will become North East Somerset at the next general election and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2001 census the Farmborough ward (which includes Compton Dando, Marksbury, Woollard and Chewton Keynsham), had 1,111 residents, living in 428 households, with an average age of 44.5 years. Of these, 71% of residents described their health as 'good', 21% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications, and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.0% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,100 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Church of All Saints. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 016B Farmborough. Office of National Statistics 2001 Census. Retrieved on 2006-05-01.
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