St Cuthbert Out

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St Cuthbert Out
St Cuthbert Out (Somerset)
St Cuthbert Out

St Cuthbert Out shown within Somerset
OS grid reference ST515425
District Mendip
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WELLS
Postcode district BA5
Dialling code 01749
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Wells
List of places: UKEnglandSomerset

Coordinates: 51°10′47″N 2°41′43″W / 51.1796, -2.6952

St Cuthbert Out, sometimes Wells St Cuthbert Out is a civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. It entirely surrounds (but does not include) the city and parish of Wells. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,459.

Population centres in the parish are West Horrington, South Horrington and East Horrington, Dinder, Worminster, Dulcote, Coxley, Southway, Polsham, Easton and Wookey Hole. Wookey itself is a separate parish.

The parish is named for the church of St Cuthbert Wells. It was created in 1866 when the parish of Wells St Curthbert was split into two, with the Wells St Curthbert In parish covering the area inside the city of Wells.