In 2003 the business was sold and moved to an industrial estate at Wrington,[3] to be housed in a purpose-built brewery completed in March 2005.

The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, such as the village hall or community centre, playing fields and playgrounds, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning.

The parish falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992.

[5] The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of the North Somerset county constituency.

Butcombe Court is a late 18th-century grade II listed manor house which was built on the site of a medieval building.