Old Cleeve

Old Cleeve
Church of St Andrew, Old Cleeve
Old Cleeve Location within Somerset
Area	20.92 km2 (8.08 sq mi)
Population	1,672 [1]
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
OS grid reference	ST039419
Civil parish	Old Cleeve
District	Somerset West and Taunton
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WATCHET
Postcode district	TA23
Post town	MINEHEAD
Postcode district	TA24
Dialling code	01984
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Tiverton and Minehead
List of places UK England Somerset 51°10′06″N 3°22′31″W / 51.1684°N 03.3753°W / 51.1684; -03.3753

Old Cleeve is a village 5 miles (8 km) south east of Minehead in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares (5,170 acres) and includes the villages of Old Cleeve, Roadwater and Washford as well as hamlets such as Bilbrook, Chapel Cleeve, Golsoncott and Leighland Chapel. Approximately half the parish lies within the Exmoor National Park. The remaining half is on the southern edge of Exmoor. The village has been in existence since the early 13th century. The village held its first council meeting in 1711. By the 1720s the parish had several churches, in which to meet. The town hall was built in 1727. The first church here was built in 1694, built by the Eastern Christian Society. This church was destroyed in a fire in 1847, and has been rebuilt and restored. In 2011, the population of the parish was 1,672.^[1][2]