Winscombe is a big village in North Somerset, England, near the negotiations of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western side of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles (11 kilometres) 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, includes the villages/hamlets of Barton, Hale, Oakridge, Nye, Sidcot as well as Woodborough. Historically part of Somerset, Winscombe has a few shops and also organisations focused in the centre of the town, along Woodborough Road and Sandford Road. There is a physician's surgical procedure in the town, a vet and also 2 dentists. West of the town is the Max Bog biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.