 Cheddar is a large village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of the English county of Somerset . It is situated on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills , 9 miles ( 14 km ) north @-@ west of Wells . The civil parish includes the hamlets of Nyland and Bradley Cross . The village , which has its own parish council , has a population of 5 @,@ 755 and the parish has an acreage of 8 @,@ 592 acres ( 3 @,@ 477 ha ) as of 1961 . 
