[4] The church has since been converted to a private residence, whose owners have included the actor Dai Bradley.

Coal pits within the village were part of the Somerset coalfield and the site is now Writhlington Site of Special Scientific Interest, which includes 3,000 tons of Upper Carboniferous spoil from which more than 1,400 insect fossil specimens have been recovered, including Phalangiotarbida,[7] and Graeophonus.

The village was on a branch of the proposed route of the Somerset Coal Canal, however this was converted into a tramway in 1815.

Haydon is an outlier of Radstock and was built to house the miners for the local pit.

This is caused in the main by the remnants of the coal industry and its infrastructure and changes in agricultural management.

[14] Andy Robinson taught Mathematics, Physical Education and Rugby at Writhlington School.