East Brent

East Brent is a village and civil parish, on the eastern edge of a hill that dominates the surrounding level countryside—Brent Knoll—close to the M5 motorway, 5 miles (8 km) west of Axbridge, in the county of Somerset, in the south-west of England. The parish includes the hamlets of Rooksbridge, where the A38 road crosses the Mark Yeo and Edingworth.

East Brent
Crook Peak and East Brent Church
East Brent
Location within Somerset
Population1,302 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceST347520
Civil parish
  • East Brent
Unitary authority
  • Somerset Council
Ceremonial county
  • Somerset
Region
  • South West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHighbridge
Postcode districtTA9
Dialling code01278
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
  • Wells
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