Cheddar is a large village and
civil parish in the
Sedgemoor district of the English county of
Somerset. It is situated on the southern edge of the
Mendip Hills, north-west of
Wells. The civil parish includes the
hamlets of Nyland and Bradley Cross. The village, which has its own parish council, has a population of 5,755 and the parish has an acreage of as of 1961.