Flax Bourton
Coordinates: 51°25′20″N 2°42′40″W / 51.4223, -2.7112
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  Flax Bourton shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | ST505695 |
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| Unitary authority | North Somerset |
| Ceremonial county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Woodspring to become North Somerset at next general election |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Flax Bourton is a village in North Somerset, England, situated on the edge of Nailsea Moor on the A370 road five miles south-west of Bristol city centre.
The village has a primary school, one pub named The Dew Drop Inn (previously The Jubilee Inn), a church dating back to Norman times and is the home of Backwell Flax Bourton Cricket Club. In 2008 a charity cricket match was played involving a Lashings world X1 and Backwell Flax Bourton Cricket Club in aid of multiple sclerosis.
In 1860 Flax Bourton railway station was opened by the Bristol and Exeter Railway just west of the short tunnel at the summit of the climb from Bristol. It closed to passengers on 2 December 1963.
Sustrands have recently built a cycle path leading to Backwell and Nailsea, adjacent to the railway line.
Today the nearest station is Nailsea and Backwell. There are also regular bus links available from Farleigh Green (to Weston Super-Mare), and top of station road (to Bristol)
An MoD fuel depot, with sidings, is just off the main line behind the former station. Its future is currently under review.
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