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Coalpit Heath is a small village in the parish of Westerleigh, South Gloucestershire, England, Due to the expansion of Coalpit Heath and the neighbouring villages in the late 20th century, the borders of Coalpit Heath with Frampton Cotterell have become vague. The village contains three Pubs including The Badminton Arms, one post office, a 27-hole golf course (The Kendleshire) and numerous local stores. The village also includes a parish church St Saviour's Church which was designed by William Butterfield in 1844 and was his first Anglican Church and a local primary school, the Manor CE VC Primary school. It was founded as a coal mining settlement. One pit was on Frog Lane at ST 685 815 (to the North East of the village). Other mines operated between Mays Hill and Nibley to the North[1]. These were served by a railway line, closed some decades ago and no longer visible on the ground. In 1949 the coal ran out, and since then it has become a sought after place to live, with the village surrounded by the rolling Cotswold countryside, stocked full of wildlife and country pursuits.