Farmborough, Somerset

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Farmborough

Coordinates: 51.3430° N 2.4844° W
OS grid reference	ST663605
Unitary authority	Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bath
Postcode district	BA
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	Great Western
UK Parliament	Wansdyke to be North East Somerset from next general election.
European Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Farmborough is a small village, 6 miles south west of Bath in Somerset, England.

All Saints Church

The village has historicaly been connected with the coal mines of the Somerset coalfield, but these are all now closed.

1 Church
2 Government and politics
3 Demographics
4 References

[edit] Church

The Church of All Saints dates from the 15th century and is a grade II* listed building.^[1]

[edit] Government and politics

The Farmborough Ward which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority which has responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. The village is a part of the Wansdyke constituency, which will become North East Somerset at the next general election and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2001 Census the Farmborough Ward (which includes Compton Dando, Marksbury, Woollard and Chewton Keynsham), had 1,111 residents, living in 428 households, with an average age of 44.5 years. Of these 71% of residents describing their health as 'good', 21% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.0% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,100 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived.^[2]