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Worle (
History
The name was possibly formed from the Old English Wor + leah meaning 'wood or clearing frequented by
Worle has grown dramatically in the last 50 years. That initial development in the 1970s and 1980s included a large number of houses, a Sainsburys supermarket, a secondary school and an ecumenical church (St Marks). However, in recent years a larger range of facilities and amenities have opened up, including large stores, shops, a medical centre, a railway station and additional churches. Weston-super-Mare's Magistrates Court has relocated to Worle. It also has a number of active groups and societies including a Lions club.
The ancient parish of Worle became a civil parish in 1866. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 1933, when most of the parish was absorbed into Weston super Mare. Smaller areas of the parish joined Kewstoke and Locking.[4] In 1931 the parish had a population of 1995.[5]
The
Transport
Worle is located close to junction 21 of the M5 motorway. Bristol is approximately 20 miles (32 km) away and can be accessed by the M5 or A370 road.
There have been four different stations serving Worle since the
There was also a
The present day Worle railway station is situated midway between the two former sites and was opened on 24 September 1990.[8] Since 2008 longer express trains have been allowed to stop at Worle's short platform with the express train opening the doors of up to 4 coaches. This has enabled passengers from Worle to travel to London and all the stops in-between. Before most people had to change at either Weston-super-Mare railway station or Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
Worle has bus connections running every ten minutes into the centre of Weston-super-Mare and bus routes to Bristol and other locations, which is adjacent to the local McDonalds and Sainsburys supermarket, the buses that serve this are: X1, X5, A3, 3 & 7.[9]
Education
Worle includes two secondary schools, Worle Community School Academy and Priory Community School Academy, and several primary schools, including Becket Primary School,[10] Mendip Green First School,[11] Worle Village Primary, St Martin's Primary, Mead Vale Primary School, Herons' Moor Academy, Castle Batch Primary School and St Mark's Primary School.
Mendip Green Primary School is one of the largest primary schools in the area, with 407 children of 4 – 8 years of age (2008).[12] Mendip Green was one of the first schools in North Somerset achieving Healthy School Status, also it has Leading aspect Award, and a hearing and language resource base.[12]
References
- ^ a b "History". Worle village. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Church of Saint Martin". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ MacDermot, ET (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, Vol. 2 1863 – 1921. London: Great Western Railway.
- ^ ISBN 1-904349-09-9.
- ISBN 0-86063-184-2.
- ^ "Timetables | Page 2 | Bristol, Bath and the West | First Bus".
- ^ "Becket Primary School". Becket Primary School. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "Mendip Green First School". Mendip Green First School. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Prospectus" (PDF). Medip Green First School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
External links
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- Weston-super-Mare and the village of Worle at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 April 2004)
- Website of Worle Bellringers, St Martin's Church