Winscombe is a big village in North Somerset, England, near to the settlements of Axbridge as well as Cheddar, on the western side of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Weston-super-Mare as well as 14 miles (23 kilometres) southwest of Bristol. The Parish of Winscombe and also Sandford, centred on the Parish Church of Church of St James the Great, consists of the villages/hamlets of Barton, Hale, Oakridge, Nye, Sidcot and Woodborough. Historically part of Somerset, Winscombe has a couple of stores and services focused in the centre of the village, along Woodborough Road and also Sandford Road. There is a physician's surgical treatment in the town, a vet and also 2 dentists. West of the village is limit Bog biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.