Clevedon

Clevedon
View of Clevedon from the air, showing the pier
Clevedon Location within Somerset
Population	22,000 [1]
OS grid reference	ST406714
Unitary authority	North Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLEVEDON
Postcode district	BS21
Dialling code	01275
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Somerset
List of places UK England Somerset 51°26′17″N 2°51′14″W / 51.438°N 2.854°W / 51.438; -2.854

Clevedon (/ˈkliːvdən/, KLEEV-dən) is a seaside town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. It recorded a parish population of 21,281 in the United Kingdom Census 2011, estimated at 21,442 in 2019.^[1] It lies along the Severn Estuary, among small hills that include Church Hill, Wain's Hill (topped by the remains of an Iron Age hill fort), Dial Hill, Strawberry Hill, Castle Hill, Hangstone Hill and Court Hill, a Site of Special Scientific Interest with overlaid Pleistocene deposits. It features in the Domesday Book of 1086. Clevedon grew in the Victorian period as a seaside resort.