Winscombe
![Street scene with houses and shops on both side of road on which there is a tractor.](/Images/godic/202502/21/Winscombe_Woodborough_Road5250.jpg")
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![The bridge going over Woodborough Road in Winscombe on the A371, which used to be the old railway bridge and is now used for the Strawberry Line railway walk and cycle path](/Images/godic/202502/21/Winscombe-railway-bridge5250.JPG")
![Church of St James, Winscombe](/Images/godic/202502/21/Winscombe_church5250.jpg")
Winscombe is a village in North Somerset, England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Weston-super-Mare and 14 miles (23 km) south-west of Bristol. The Parish of Winscombe and Sandford, centred on the Parish Church of Church of St James the Great, includes the villages/hamlets of Barton, Hale, Oakridge, Nye, Sidcot and Woodborough.