Nearby is Lord's Wood, Pensford, and the village is on the route of the Monarch's Way long distance footpath. Famous residents Pensford was home to the clarinet player, Acker Bilk. Philosopher and physician John Locke FRS 1632-1704, known as the 'Father of Liberalism' lived in John Locke's Cottage in Belluton within the parish of Publow with Pensford from shortly after his birth until 1647. Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead lived in the village from 1979–81. John Perry guitarist with The Only Ones lived here between 1972 and 1975. References Bibliography External links Parish website River Chew website Map of Pensford circa 1900 Villages in Bath and North East Somerset Somerset coalfield