St Georges, Somerset

St Georges
Somerset
St Georges from the air
Location
Grid reference:	ST374632
Location:	51°21’52"N, 2°54’1"W
Data
Population:	3,379  (2011)
Post town:	Weston-super-Mare
Postcode:	BS22
Dialling code:	01934
Local Government
Council:	North Somerset
Parliamentary constituency:	Weston-super-Mare

St Georges is village in northern Somerset, close to junction 21 of the M5 motorway. Its population in the 2011 census was 3,379.

The area has seen much new housing development in recent years, an extension of the development of the neighbouring North Worle.

Railways

In 1841, Puxton and Worle railway stationwas opened at St Georges, on the Bristol and Exeter Railway. It was initially named "Banwell", but was renamed "Worle" when a new Sandford and Banwell railway station was opened on the Cheddar Valley Railway in 1869. A Worle Station was opened on the new Weston Loop Line on 1 March 1884, after which the station was renamed "Puxton". Following the closure of Worle, the station at St Georges became "Puxton and Worle" on 2 January 1922. It closed on 6 April 1964. The present day Worle railway station (opened in 1990) is only a short distance from the village.

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