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Woollard
Coordinates: 51.3792° N 2.5334° W
Population	approx. 100
OS grid reference	ST632645
Unitary authority	Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS40
Dial code	01761
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	Great Western
UK Parliament	Wansdyke
European Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Woollard is a small village on the River Chew in the Chew Valley, Somerset. It is 7 miles from Bristol, 9 from Bath, and 4 from Keynsham.

Contents 1 History 2 Government and politics 3 Demographics 4 Listed Buildings 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links

Woollard had a medieval bridge with three pointed arches and double arch-ribs. This was rebuilt following the substantial damage caused by the floods of 1968.

It is close to the route of the ancient Wansdyke.

Woollard is also a traditional surname, having relations in the farming land of Suffolk.

Woollard is part of the Farmborough Ward which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority which has responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. The village is a part of the Wansdyke constituency, which will become North East Somerset at the next general election and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

According to the 2001 Census the Farmborough Ward (which includes Compton Dando, Marksbury, Hunstrete and Chewton Keynsham), had 1,111 residents, living in 428 households, with an average age of 44.5 years. Of these 71% of residents describing their health as 'good', 21% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.0% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,100 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived.^[1]

Woollard has a variety of Grade II listed buildings:

• (Nos. 178 and 179 at Images of England)
• (182-185 at Images of England)
• (Paradise Row, 186-189 at Images of England)
• (Newbridge House at Images of England)
• (Bell Farmhouse (Formerly the Bell Inn) at Images of England)
• (K6 Telephone Kiosk at Images of England)
• (Woollard House at Images of England)

• ↑  Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 016B Farmborough. Office of National Statistics 2001 Census. Retrieved on 2006-05-01.

The great flood of 1968. Memories of Bristol. Retrieved on 2006-01-04.

Janes, Rowland (2003). Pensford, Publow and Woollard: A Topographical History. Biografix. ISBN 0-9545125-0-2. 

• Chew Valley web site
• River Chew Web Site