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This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. Places highlighted in bold type are towns and cities. Contents:
The George Hotel and Pilgrims' Inn in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, was built in the late 15th century to accommodate visitors to Glastonbury Abbey. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [2] [3] It is claimed to be the oldest purpose built public house in the South West of England. [4] [5] [6]
North Somerset is a unitary authority which is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county of Somerset. [49] Its administrative headquarters are located in the town hall of Weston-super-Mare, and has a resident population of 193,000 living in 85,000 households. [50] Clevedon Pier which was built between the 1860s and 1890s.
Wells Wanderers Cricket Club are based in Meare. [119] Rowdens Road Cricket Ground was a first-class venue. No longer a cricket ground, it is now occupied in part by Wells FC. Mid-Somerset Hockey Club and Wells City Acorns Hockey Club both play on the Astroturf pitches at the Blue School, [120] where several other sports clubs are based. [121]
Shapwick is the site of one end of the Sweet Track, a 6,000-year-old, ancient, wooden causeway, dating from the 39th century BC.. In 1998 a hoard of 9,238 silver denarii (the second largest hoard ever found from the Roman Empire, and the largest in the United Kingdom) was discovered in the remains of a previously unknown Roman villa near Shapwick. [2]