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Cutcombe

Cutcombe is a large parish within the Somerset part of the National Park. It straddles the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills. The village extends to the crossroads settlement of Wheddon Cross. The parish contains many large farmsteads and the hamlet of Luckwell Bridge.

Area: 2880ha; area in National Park 2880ha

Population 2001 census: 403; occupied households: 166

County: Somerset; District: West Somerset; Ward: Quarme

Meaning of place name: wooded valley, from the Celtic coed = wood and cwm = valley.

Wheddon Cross

Cottages at Wheddon Cross

From 2001 census Cutcombe Exmoor average England average
population density: persons per hectare 0.14 0.16 3.45
% of population 15yrs old and under 15.8 14.9 20.15
% of population 60 yrs old and older 30.4 25.95 20.75
% males/ % females 47/53 48/52 48/52
average persons per occupied household 2.4 2.2 2.3
holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces 9.5 9.92 0.64
% population change since 1991 census +1 +2 +4

Wheddon Cross Cattle Market

Cattle market at Wheddon Cross

Cottages in Cutcombe

Cottages in Cutcombe

Dunkery from Cutcombe

Dunkery from Cutcombe

Luckwell Bridge

Luckwell Bridge

The Rest and be Thankful Wheddon Cross

The Rest and be Thankful at Wheddon Cross

Wheddon Cross War Memorial

First School and War Memorial, Wheddon Cross

Mosaic at Wheddon Cross

Community mosaic, car park at Wheddon Cross

Sundial at Wheddon Cross

Sundial at Wheddon Cross

Wheddon Cross

Wheddon Cross