Flax Bourton

Flax Bourton

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.4223
longitude= -2.7112
official_name= Flax Bourton |civil_parish=
population =
unitary_england=North Somerset
lieutenancy_england= Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Woodspring to become North Somerset at next general election
post_town=
postcode_district=
postcode_area=
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST505695

Flax Bourton is a village in North Somerset, England, situated on the edge of Nailsea Moor on the A370 road five miles south west of Bristol city centre.

The village has a primary school, one pub named The Dew Drop Inn (previously The Jubilee Inn), a church dating back to Norman times and is the home of Backwell Flax Bourton Cricket Club.

In 1860 Flax Bourton railway station was opened by the Bristol and Exeter Railway just west of the short tunnel at the summit of the climb from Bristol. It closed to passengers on 2 December 1963.

Today the nearest station is Nailsea and Backwell.

An MoD fuel depot, with sidings, is just off the mainline behind the former station. It's future, to hold aviation fuel, is currently [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/secret2.htm under review] .


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