As a result, much happens here that both larger and smaller communities might have cause to envy. We are self-governing, in as much that we have our own parish council. Events and activities are organised by a Community Committee. There is a well resourced playing field, whose Committee raise funds and arrange sporting and other activities. There is a community shop, held at present in a room in Church Farm, which functions on most Saturday mornings throughout the year.
People bake for it, and bring garden produce, surplus clothing, unwanted books and suchlike.
A proportion of the selling price goes to the Community Committee and the Church. To this list must be added the village news-letter, a monthly compilation of reports and information that goes free to every household, and is a valuable constituent of that invisible cement that binds the community together. The best of these meadows has probably not been ploughed or fertilised for generations, and is a botanist's paradise. Unimproved grassland of this sort is nowadays a rarity in Somerset, and likely to be more so in times of declining farm incomes. Luckily for us non-farmers, the fields have recently been bought by Somerset Wildlife Trust and will now therefore be managed primarily for their wildlife interest for the foreseeable future.