Bishop Sutton is a small village within the Chew Valley area of Somerset. The village lies to the south of the Chew Valley Lake, 10 miles south of Bristol and 13 miles south west of Bath. The village has 2 pubs, shops, a post office, tennis club and provides both fishing and sailing at the lake. The Folly Farm Nature Reserve is a Site of Special Scientific Interest with two adjacent areas of land, 19 hectares at the Meadows and the 9 hectare Dowlings Wood. Burledge Hill and its adjacent land provide a 48 hectare SSSI as well as being a Site of Nature Conservation Interest. An Iron Age Hill Fort is also on Burledge Hill. To the north, the City of Bristol offers all the amenities of one of England’s major Cities including two Universities, the major shopping centres at Cabot Circus and Cribbs Causeway and excellent independent schools such as Q.E.H., Bristol Grammar School and Colston’s Girls School. Independent education is also available at Sidcot School in nearby Winscombe.