Weare is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Axe, south of the Mendip Hills.

[2] After the Norman conquest the manor was granted to Walter of Douai and then passed to the Gaunt, Gourney and Brythemore families.

The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning.

[4] It is also part of the Wells and Mendip Hills county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Weare Academy First School and Rainbow Woods Pre-school was founded in 1895 and is part of Wessex Learning Trust.