Somerset Village is a small,

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in the northwest area of

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, located in

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. It lies in the northern half of Somerset Island. Like Flatts Village and Tucker's Town, the settlement has existed for centuries, though a lack of formal borders and municipal government means its foundation is undated, and when, precisely, the area came to be commonly thought of as a village is not clear. The village centres on the southern shore of

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, and was once a useful, if minor port. Today, the area includes a bank, a police station, post office, ferry station (on the

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, beside Watford Bridge), library, a number of shops, small hotels, pubs and restaurants, and a boat club. There is also a bus depot as the village is the terminus of a number of bus routes. There is a small beach at the west of the village, and another at nearby (Somerset) Long Bay (there are two other ''Long Bays'' in Bermuda) is within walking distance. Somerset Island in Bermuda 001

The village is conveniently near to the defunct Royal Naval Dockyard on

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(part of a former naval base that began on the opposite end of Watford Bridge), and is connected to the City of Hamilton, as well as the Dockyard, by regular ferries. The village is the site, each summer, of the ''Non-Mariners' Race,'' a humorous non-race by deliberately unseaworthy floats.

Sports

Somerset Cricket Club and its football team

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play at the

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Notable people

Clyde Best Clyde Cyril Best, Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 24 February 1951) is a Bermudian former Association football, football player. He was one of the first Black people, black players in Football League First Division, First Division footbal ...

MBE (born 1951 in Somerset) is a Bermudian former football player. He was one of the first black players in First Division football in England, scoring 47 goals as a striker for West Ham United. Geography of Bermuda Populated places in Bermuda Ramsar sites in British Overseas Territories Sandys Parish {{Bermuda-geo-stub