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Coordinates: 51°31′34″N 2°28′12″W / 51.526°N 2.47°W
| Coalpit Heath | |
  Coalpit Heath
Coalpit Heath shown within Gloucestershire |
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| Population | c. 8,000 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Unitary authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Ceremonial county | Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS36 |
| Dialling code | 01454 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Northavon |
| List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire | |
Coalpit Heath is a small village in the parish of Westerleigh, South Gloucestershire, southwest England, between Yate and Frampton Cotterell in South Gloucestershire. Due to the expansion of Coalpit Heath and the neighbouring villages in the late 20th century, the borders of Coalpit Heath have become vague. The village contains three Pubs, one post office, a 27-hole golf course (The Kendleshire) and numerous local stores. The village also includes a parish church (St. Saviours), and a local primary school, the Manor CE VC Primary school.
It was founded as a coal mining town to feed England's needs, there was a pit on Frog Lane at ST 685 815 (to the North East of the village) with more mines in the area between Mays Hill and Nibley to the North[1]. These were served by a railway line, closed some decades ago and no longer visible on the ground. In 1949 the coal ran out, and since then it has become a sought after place to live, with fields and easy accommodation.
Frampton Cotterell lies along the northwest border, but the rest of the village is surrounded by the rolling Cotswold countryside, stocked full of wildlife and country pursuits.
St Saviour's Church lies within the village. It was designed by William Butterfield in 1844 and was his first Anglican Church.
Coalpit Heath in music, film and literature
Unsurprisingly, given the comparatively small size of Coalpit Heath, it has rarely featured in film, music or literature. However a number of sources including Frank Barrett's book "Where Was Wonderland? A Traveller's Guide to the Settings of Classic Children's Books" cite Coalpit Heath as the setting for the Dick King Smith children's classic The Sheep-Pig (although the film adaptation Babe was filmed and set in New South Wales, Australia).
Also in a 2008 interview contemporary cult musician Paul Hawkins stated that his song "I Had a Friend in Sarah Vincent", which featured on the 2008 Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences album "We Are Not Other People" was set in a fictionalised version of early 20th Century Coalpit Heath.
External links
- St Saviour's Church, Coalpit Heath
- Review of Frank Barrett's "Where Was Wonderland? A Traveller's Guide to the Settings of Classic Children's book, which, within the text of the review, identifies Coalpit Heath as the location of the Sheep-Pig
- A site detailing the locations of popular books, which also identifies Coalpit Heath as the Sheep-Pig's location
- interview with Paul Hawkins for God is in the TV magazine in which he talks about a song being set in Coalpit Heath
References
- ^ Ordance survey one-inch map of Great Britain, Sheet 156 Bristol and Stroud, Seventh series 1949, 1963 revision
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