Chipstable is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside Heydon Hill 10 miles (16.1 km) west of Taunton.
[2] The manor was held by Muchelney Abbey from the Norman Conquest until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and then passing to the Bluets of Greenham in Stawley.
Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.
[4] It is also part of the Tiverton and Minehead county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The woodland, hedgerows and open grassland provide a habitat for dormice, otter and several bat species.