WRINGTON

Wrington
Statistics
Population:
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	ST470628
Administration
District:	North Somerset
Shire county:	Somerset
Region:	South West England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Somerset
Historic county:	Somerset
Services
Police force:	Avon and Somerset
Fire and rescue:	Avon
Ambulance:	South Western
Post office and telephone
Post town:
Postal district:
Dialling code:
Politics
UK Parliament:	Woodspring to become North Somerset at next general election
European Parliament:	South West England

Wrington is a village in North Somerset, England. It lies in the valley of the Congresbury Yeo river about 15 km East of Weston-super-Mare and 4 km South East of Yatton.

The village is famous for being the birthplace of John Locke, and the burial place of Hannah More. Wrington is both a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish. Both parishes contain the nearby village of Redhill.

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