Question: What are the main coastal towns 
Answer: Minehead, Watchet, Burnham-on-Sea, Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon and Portishead

Question: what is the name of the natural reserve area 
Answer: Bridgwater Bay, and is a National Nature Reserve

Question: what does the western coastline look like 
Answer: the coastline is high and dramatic where the plateau of Exmoor meets the sea, with high cliffs and waterfalls.

Question: What is the somerset climate like 
Answer: a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of the country

Question: The annual sunshine rate of somerset 
Answer: Annual sunshine rates are slightly less than the regional average of 1,600 hours

Question: How many days of snow on average 
Answer: About 8–15 days of snowfall is typical

Question: The average rainfall level of somerset 
Answer: Average rainfall is around 700 mm (28 in)

Question: What is the leading port of somerset 
Answer: Bridgwater was developed during the Industrial Revolution as the area's leading port

Question: what was manufacture in Bridgeport in the 19th and 20th century
Answer: was a centre for the manufacture of bricks and clay roof tiles, and later cellophane, but those industries have now stopped

Question: The good motor system presently allows for 
Answer: Bridgwater has developed as a distribution hub for companies such as Argos, Toolstation, Morrisons and Gerber Juice

Question: where are aircraft manufactured 
Answer: AgustaWestland manufactures helicopters in Yeovil, and Normalair Garratt, builder of aircraft oxygen systems

Question: What do many towns encourage 
Answer: Many towns have encouraged small-scale light industries, such as Crewkerne's Ariel Motor Company, one of the UK's smallest car manufacturers

Question: What type of factory was built in Somerset 
Answer: A Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Bridgwater was built at the start of the Second World War, between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington

Question: What other high tech industry is in Somerset 
Answer: Other high-technology companies include the optics company Gooch and Housego, at Ilminster

Question: What is yeovilton home to 
Answer: The Royal Naval Air Station in Yeovilton, is one of Britain's two active Fleet Air Arm bases and is home to the Royal Navy's Lynx helicopters

Question: What area is home to royal marines 
Answer: Norton Fitzwarren is the home of 40 Commando Royal Marines

Question: What is Somerset an important supplier of 
Answer: defence equipment and technology.

Question: What area employs 15000 people in the couinty
Answer: Agriculture and food and drink production continue to be major industries in the county, employing over 15,000 people

Question: What type of orchids used to be pleantiful 
Answer: Apple orchards were once plentiful, and Somerset is still a major producer of cider

Question: What area is important to the fruit juice industry 
Answer: Gerber Products Company in Bridgwater is the largest producer of fruit juices in Europe, producing brands such as "Sunny Delight" and "Ocean Spray

Question: What area is PDO 
Answer: Cheddar cheese—some of which has the West Country Farmhouse Cheddar Protected Designation of Origin (PDO).

Question: Where is willow growing still practiced 
Answer: Traditional willow growing and weaving (such as basket weaving) is not as extensive as it used to be but is still carried out on the Somerset Levels

Question: What is pollarding 
Answer: The willow was harvested using a traditional method of pollarding, where a tree would be cut back to the main stem

Question: What did plastic bags result in 
Answer: Largely due to the displacement of baskets with plastic bags and cardboard boxes, the industry has severely declined since the 1950s

Question: The somerset level is the only area left  to commercially grow what 
Answer: The Somerset Levels is now the only area in the UK where basket willow is grown commercially.

Question: What towns grew around the weaving Industry 
Answer: Castle Cary and Frome grew around the medieval weaving industry

Question: Why did Cj clark shoes leave the area 
Answer: the work was transferred to lower-wage areas, such as China and Asia

Question: What famous shoe brand was made in Somerset 
Answer: Dr. Martens shoes were also made in Somerset, by the Northampton-based R. Griggs Group

Question: What type of stone was supplied in the county 
Answer: supplying freestone and building stone

Question: Who promoted the use of stone from the  Bath area
Answer: Ralph Allen promoted its use in the early 18th century, as did Hans Price in the 19th century

Question: What are some uses for Blue Lias
Answer: Blue Lias has been used locally as a building stone and as a raw material for lime mortar and Portland cement

Question: What has been supplied by the county since the 1920's 
Answer: the county has supplied aggregates. Foster Yeoman is Europe's large supplier of limestone aggregates

Question: Tourism supports how many people in the County 
Answer: estimated in 2001 to support around 23,000 people

Question: Some of the county attractions are 
Answer: the coastal towns, part of the Exmoor National Park, the West Somerset Railway (a heritage railway), and the museum of the Fleet Air Arm at RNAS Yeovilton

Question: What does Glastonbury have associations with 
Answer: mythical associations, including legends of a visit by the young Jesus of Nazareth and Joseph of Arimathea, with links to the Holy Grail, King Arthur

Question: What type of festival is Glastonbury famous for 
Answer: Glastonbury also gives its name to an annual open-air rock festival held in nearby Pilton

Question: What type of cheese is the county famous for 
Answer: locally produced cheese, although there is now only one remaining cheese maker in the village of Cheddar

Question: What is Hinkley point C 
Answer: Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is a project to construct a 3,200 MW two reactor nuclear power station

Question: What was Stop Hinkley 
Answer: Stop Hinkley, was formed to campaign for the closure of Hinkley Point B and oppose any expansion at the Hinkley Point site

Question: What did the European Commission review 
Answer: opened an investigation to assess whether the project breaks state-aid rules

Question: How did the Commission vote turn out 
Answer: the European Commission has approved the project, with an overwhelming majority and only four commissioners voting against the decision.

Question: What is the population growth rate of Somerset county 
Answer: Population growth is higher than the national average, with a 6.4% increase, in the Somerset County Council area, since 1991, and a 17% increase since 1981

Question: The unemployment rate of the county 
Answer: the unemployment rate is lower than the regional and national average.

Question: What percentage of the population is economically active 
Answer: is higher than the regional and national average

Question: What percentage of the population is native 
Answer: Somerset has a high indigenous British population, with 98.8% registering as white British and 92.4% of these as born in the United Kingdom

Question: The largest ethnic group in somerset county is 
Answer: Chinese is the largest ethnic group

Question: Tauton Bridgewater and Yeovil has what concentration of the population
Answer: Over 25% of Somerset's population is concentrated in Taunton, Bridgwater and Yeovil

Question: How many tourist nights are spent in Somerset
Answer: Over 9 million tourist nights are spent in Somerset each year

Question: How many tiers  does somerset county consist of 
Answer: The ceremonial county of Somerset consists of a two-tier non-metropolitan county

Question: What are the 5 districts of Somerset 
Answer: The five districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip, and Sedgemoor

Question: What 2 Unitary authorities were established in april 1996 
Answer: North Somerset, and Bath & North East Somerset