Brushford, Somerset

Brushford, Somerset

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.018793
longitude= -3.533990
official_name= Brushford
population= 535
shire_district= West Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Bridgwater
post_town=
postcode_district =
postcode_area=
dial_code=
os_grid_reference=SS925255

Brushford is a village and civil parish in the West Somerset district of Somerset, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 535. The village is about 12 miles north of Tiverton and is on the edge of the Exmoor National Park.

It consists of a local garage, some housing areas, a village hall and a church. It was also home to the Dulverton railway station on the Taunton to Barnstaple line, but was closed in the 1960s.

West Somerset Polo Club play in fields below the village alongside the River Barle.

Recently, the Carnarvon Arms Hotel buildings near the railway station have been re-developed into flats.


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