Cheddar and Axbridge

The Cheddar and Axbridge area has a population of 17,600. There are 10 parishes in this Local Community Network., including Cheddar, famous for its gorge, cave, and cheese

Cheddar and Axbridge LCN map

Cheddar and Axbridge local community network area map

About the Cheddar and Axbridge area

Cheddar and Axbridge LCN comprises of nine Parish Councils; Badgworth, Chapel Allerton, Cheddar, Compton Bishop, Mark, Rodney Stoke and Draycott, Shipham, Weare and Wedmore. Plus, there’s one Town Council, which is Axbridge.

The area has amazing landscapes, notably the magnificent limestone Cheddar Gorge. Recognised as one of the ‘four wonders of England’ and thought to originate around 1130 AD, it includes the Cheddar Caves.

Cheddar’s source of wealth was farming and cheese-making, for which it is famous, and which dates back as early as 1170 AD.

Yearly report

Next Local Community Network meeting

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Future meetings

View the full list of upcoming Local Community Network Meetings.

Contact information

Cheddar and Axbridge Link Officer: Megan Harnedy

If you would like to contact the Cheddar and Axbridge LCN  or the link officer, please email cheddarandaxbridgelcn@somerset.gov.uk 

Chair: Councillor Jackie Farley – Wedmore Parish Council

Vice-chair: Councillor Pauline Ham – Somerset Council

Network members

Core members

  • Avon and Somerset Police
  • NHS
  • Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue
  • Spark Somerset
  • Society of Local Council Clerks
  • Somerset Association of Local Councils
  • Education
  • Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership
  • Community Council for Somerset
  • Citizens Advice
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Somerset Rivers Authority
  • Somerset Local Nature Partnership
  • Business Chamber
  • Mendip Hills National Landscape

Electoral Divisions

  • Brent
  • Cheddar
  • King Alfred
  • Mendip West

Stakeholders

  • Young Somerset
  • Connect Somerset
  • First Aid for Mental Health Instructor
  • Somerset Climate Action Network
  • Village Agent
  • Somerset Foundation Trust
  • Somerset RCC
  • Well Be Link (adult mental health)
  • General Public

Parishes

  • Axbridge
  • Badgworth
  • Cappel Allerton
  • Cheddar
  • Compton Bishop
  • Mark
  • Rodney Stoke and Draycott
  • Shipham
  • Weare
  • Wedmore