Chew Stoke

Coordinates: 51°21′03″N 2°38′18″W / 51.3507, -2.6383

Chew Stoke is a small English village and civil parish in the Chew Valley in the county of Somerset, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Bristol.

It is at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, a region designated by the United Kingdom as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Chew Stoke is within the Bristol/Bath Green Belt. The parish includes the hamlet of Breach Hill, which is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Chew Stoke itself.

Chew Stoke has a long history as evidenced by the number and range of its heritage-listed buildings. The village is at the northern end of Chew Valley Lake created in the 1950s, close to a dam and pumping station, a sailing club and a fishing lodge. A tributary of the River Chew, which rises in Strode, runs through the village.

The population of about 900 is served by one shop, two public houses, a primary school and a bowling club. With Chew Magna, it forms the ward of Chew Valley North in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset. Chew Valley School for secondary pupils and its associated leisure centre is less than a mile (1.6 km) away from Chew Stoke. The village has some areas of light industry, but is largely agricultural; many residents commute to nearby cities for employment.