Congresbury
Sign in to saveCongresbury is a village and civil parish on the northwestern slopes of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset, England, which in 2011 had a population of 3,497. It lies on the A370 between Junction 21 of the M5 and Bristol Airport, south of Bristol city centre, and east of Weston-super-Mare. The Congresbury Yeo river flows through the village. The parish includes the hamlet of Brinsea.
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- CongresburyChurch.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Andrew's Church, Congresbury
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Congresbury
- UK place.population
- 3,497
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- UK place.post_town
- Bristol
- UK place.postcode_district
- BS49
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +3447
- Image
- Congresbury.jpg
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Congresbury is a village and civil parish on the northwestern slopes of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset, England, which in 2011 had a population of 3,497. It lies on the A370 between Junction 21 of the M5 and Bristol Airport, south of Bristol city centre, and east of Weston-super-Mare. The Congresbury Yeo river flows through the village. The parish includes the hamlet of Brinsea.
The nearest railway station is Yatton, with trains provided by Great Western Railway, but Congresbury once had its own railway station on the Cheddar Valley Line from Yatton to Wells. It was also the starting point for the Wrington Vale Light Railway, which went to nearby Wrington and Blagdon.