MENDIP

Mendip District
Mendip ''Shown within Somerset''
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Somerset
Area: - Total	Ranked 51st 739.44 km²
Admin. HQ:	Shepton Mallet
ONS code:	40UB
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Mendip District Council http://www.mendip.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	David Heath, David Heathcoat-Amory

:''Mendip is also a shortened name for The Mendip Hills, from which this district takes its name.''
'Mendip' is a local government district of Somerset in England. It covers an area of land ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Glastonbury and Wells, along with Frome, Shepton Mallet, Street urban districts, and Frome Rural District, Shepton Mallet Rural District, Wells Rural District, and part of Axbridge Rural District and part of Clutton Rural District.
Main towns in Mendip include:

★ Evercreech

★ Frome

★ Glastonbury

★ Shepton Mallet

★ Street

★ Wells

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Transport Links

'Major Roads in Mendip'

★ A37

★ A361

★ A371

★ A39
'Rail Stations in Mendip'

★ Frome railway station (Heart of Wessex Line), First Great Western

External links

★ Mendip District Council
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