About our Village
West Littleton is a small village to the north west of Marshfield and south east of Tormarton, located between the M4 and the A420. It has 25 houses, a working farm, an eventing yard and St James’s Church. The closest amenities are to be found in Marshfield and the historical city of Bath is a short distance to the south. Dyrham Park, a National Trust property, is located a few hundred metres from the village. (CLICK to view the map for West Littleton)
The village has long been connected with the Badminton Estate, which until recently owned two working farms here, both arable, one with a beef herd and the other with a milking herd. West Farm, now the only working farm, remains in the Duke of Beaufort’s ownership and is a mixed arable and sheep farm, whilst some of the other farmland around the village still belongs to the Badminton Estate and is leased.
West Littleton is a beautiful village with many buildings having stone tiled roofs and walls built of Cotswold stone. Dry stone walling in Cotswold stone abounds, defining field and private home boundaries alike.
The village is sited within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and in 1992 was designated a Conservation area. Many of the older properties are Grade II listed buildings.
West Littleton’s history is well documented. In 2022, West Littleton was included in Volume 14 of Gloucestershire Victoria County History and a stand-alone booklet has been published. More recently, West Littleton resident Sally Young has compiled a new and bigger booklet, inspired by the VCH work, about the village history, church and the families that lived in the village. You can access both booklets via the St James Church website references page.
The church has a collection of 18th and 19th century memorials and tombs which were the subject of a considerable programme of conservation work in 2010. Read more about the monument conservation project.
