Editing Cheddar, Somerset (section)

== Sport ==
Kings Fitness & Leisure, situated on the grounds of [[the Kings of Wessex School]], provides a venue for various sports and includes a 20-metre swimming pool, racket sport courts, a sports hall, dance studios and a gym.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheddarvillage.co.uk/Sport_Leisure/index.htm|title=Sport and Leisure|publisher=Cheddar Web Site|access-date=30 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215033044/http://www.cheddarvillage.co.uk/Sport_Leisure/index.htm|archive-date=15 December 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> A youth sports festival was held on Sharpham Road Playing Fields in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Summer-festival-youth-sports-receives-2-000-boost/story-12312094-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505143234/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Summer-festival-youth-sports-receives-2-000-boost/story-12312094-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=Summer festival of youth sports receives £2,000 boost|publisher=This is Somerset|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> In 2010 a [[skatepark]] was built in the village,<ref>{{Cite news | newspaper= Cheddar Valley Gazette | url= http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/shepton/news/Skate-park-man-appears-TV/article-1784459-detail/article.html | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130505080439/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/shepton/news/Skate-park-man-appears-TV/article-1784459-detail/article.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= 5 May 2013 | title= Skate park man appears on TV | date= 1 February 2010 | access-date= 30 March 2010 }}</ref> funded by the Cheddar Local Action Team.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/lions_pledge_skate_help_1_312349| newspaper= The Weston Mercury| title= Lions pledge skate help| date= 9 July 2007| access-date= 31 January 2011| archive-date= 29 September 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011059/http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/lions_pledge_skate_help_1_312349| url-status= dead}}</ref>

[[Cheddar A.F.C.]], founded in 1892 and nicknamed "The Cheesemen",<ref name="football">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Cheddar-Football-Club-premises/article-1031461-detail/article.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421120609/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Cheddar-Football-Club-premises/article-1031461-detail/article.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2013|title=Cheddar Football Club could move premises|date=28 May 2009|newspaper=Cheddar Valley Gazette|access-date=30 March 2010}}</ref> play in the [[Western Football League]] Division One. In 2009 plans were revealed to move the club from its present home at Bowdens Park on Draycott Road to a new larger site.<ref name="football"/>

Cheddar Cricket Club was formed in the late 19th century and moved to Sharpham Road Playing Fields in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheddarcc.co.uk/history.html|title=History|publisher=Cheddar Cricket Club|access-date=30 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922182644/http://www.cheddarcc.co.uk/history.html|archive-date=22 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> They now play in the [[West of England Premier League]] Somerset Division. Cheddar Rugby Club, who own part of the Sharpham playing fields, was formed in 1836. The club organises an annual Cheddar Rugby Tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheddar-rugby.co.uk/home.asp|title=Cheddar Rugby Club|publisher=Cheddar Rugby Club|access-date=5 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105191216/http://www.cheddar-rugby.co.uk/Home.asp|archive-date=5 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cheddar [[Lawn Tennis]] Club, was formed in 1924,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheddartennisclub.co.uk/history.php|title=History|publisher=Cheddar Tennis Club|access-date=8 December 2015|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081756/http://www.cheddartennisclub.co.uk/history.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> and play in the North Somerset League and also has social tennis and coaching. Cheddar Running Club organised an annual [[half marathon]] until 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Undefined-Headline/story-12290118-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505063513/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Undefined-Headline/story-12290118-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=No More Cheddar Half Marathon|publisher=This is Somerset|date=3 December 2009|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref>

The village is both on the route of the [[West Mendip Way]] and [[Samaritans Way South West]].