Edington, Somerset

Edington, Somerset

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption=
latitude= 51.151438
longitude=-2.880675
official_name =Edington
population =
shire_district= Sedgemoor
shire_county= Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster=
post_town= TAUNTON
postcode_district = TA7
postcode_area=TA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST385395

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.

Sources

* [http://www.sdjr.net/locations/edington.html Railway information]

External links

* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15107 VCH entry]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Edington/ GENUKI(tm) page]
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