Somerset Village, Bermuda
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Somerset Village is a small,
Like Flatts Village and Tucker's Town, the settlement has existed for centuries, though a lack of formal borders and municipal government means its foundation is undated, and when, precisely, the area came to be commonly thought of as a village is not clear.
The village centres on the southern shore of
The village is conveniently near to the defunct Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island (part of a former naval base that began on the opposite end of Watford Bridge), and is connected to the City of Hamilton, as well as the Dockyard, by regular ferries. The village is the site, each summer, of the Non-Mariners' Race, a humorous non-race by deliberately unseaworthy floats.
Sports
Somerset Cricket Club and its football team Somerset Trojans play at the Somerset Cricket Club Field.
Notable people
- Clyde Best MBE (born 1951 in Somerset) is a Bermudian former football player. He was one of the first black players in First Division football in England, scoring 47 goals as a striker for West Ham United.
32°18′00″N 64°52′00″W / 32.30000°N 64.86667°W