small local museum in the High Street which closed in 2010. You can now visit some of the items which were in the museum in the library which is situated in Carrington Way. The cartoonist Tony Weare was born in Wincanton. Sports The town gives its name to Wincanton Racecourse which is in the neighbouring parish of Charlton Musgrove. Wincanton has a Non-League football club Wincanton Town F.C. who play at the Wincanton Sports Ground on Moor Lane. The Sports Ground in Moor Lane also provides facilities for tennis and bowls. Wincanton Sports Centre was opened in 2001, funded by a National Lottery grant. The cricket club, which plays in the recreation ground, has two Saturday teams and a Sunday team. The rugby union club plays at King Arthur's Community School in the town. In 2010 they won the Dorset & Wilts division of the English Rugby Union South West Division. Wincanton Cycling Club was founded in and regularly carries out group rides. The Wrong Way Back (TWWB) is a charity cycle event first held in 2010. The event starts and finishes in Wincanton and takes the riders 8 days to complete the 561-mile route. Twinning Wincanton is unusual in that it was twinned in 2002 with a town which can only be found in fiction. As well as with Gennes / Les Rosiers in France and Lahnau in Germany, Wincanton is twinned with Ankh-Morpork, a fictional city state near the Circle Sea on Terry Pratchett's Discworld. On 5 April 2009, a number of roads on a new housing development were given names taken from Ankh-Morpork, such as Peach Pie Street and Treacle Mine Road, after a short-list was voted upon by fans. There are shops in the town selling Discworld-related goods. In 2015 the Uncle Tom's Cabin pub unveiled a sign by Discworld illustrator Richard Kingston referencing The Mended Drum. Pratchett and Kingston were regulars. The other Pratchett connection is to be found in Cale Park. A new bridge was built over the River Cale from the main park to the Children's recreation area. The name 'Troll Bridge' was chosen by the public from a list of nominations. This refers to a short story written by Terry Pratchett and a short film of the same name made by Snowgum Films. References External links Towns in South Somerset Civil parishes in Somerset Market towns in Somerset