Built-up area in North Somerset, England
| Coordinates: | 51.452, -2.768 |
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| OS grid ref: | ST 46 72 |
| Dialling code: | 01275 (Clevedon) |
Stone-edge Batch is a little-known rural feature in North Somerset, named in the local tradition where "batch" often denotes a small hill, lane or wooded ridge. The name suggests a stony outcrop or edge set into the limestone landscape that characterises the fringes of the Mendip Hills, with quiet country lanes, dry-stone walls and hedgerows giving it a distinctly pastoral, tucked-away feel.
Like many small places in this part of Somerset it sits within a mixed farming and recreational landscape: agriculture remains central to the local economy while walkers and naturalists are drawn to the neighbouring hills and views over the Somerset Levels. Historically and socially it reflects the long rural continuity of the area - small settlements, field systems and lanes rather than dramatic urban change - so its interest is largely for those who enjoy quiet countryside, geology and local history.