Cheddar is connected by road and by broadband, and not by a great deal else. There is no railway station in the village, and almost nobody commutes by train, because the line closed in the 1960s and never came back. About half the working population drives to work. Nearly a third do not commute at all, working from home instead. The village runs on cars and fibre, in that order.
Public transport is the weak link, and always has been. With no station of its own, rail is simply not part of daily life here, and the share of residents commuting by train rounds to almost nothing. Buses do exist, with around seventeen stops dotted across the village and its edges, but they carry a tiny fraction of commuters, well under one in a hundred. If your plan leans on a timetable rather than a steering wheel, Cheddar will test your patience before it rewards it.
Broadband is where the village quietly pulls ahead. Gigabit-capable connections reach about eight in ten properties, and superfast coverage stretches across nearly the whole place. For somewhere this rural, that is a genuine strength, and it is the single biggest reason the work-from-home share sits as high as it does. The fast connection arrived where the trains never did.
In practice, being connected here means driving. The nearest town centre is roughly half an hour away by car and closer to three-quarters of an hour on public transport, which tells you plainly which of the two people actually use. Local trips are short and easy, and longer ones assume a car and a full tank. A one-car household works without friction; a no-car household is a lifestyle choice you will feel on a wet Tuesday morning.
Cheddar is averagely connected, which in the countryside translates to well-wired and badly-tracked. Bring a car and a decent broadband package and you will get about fine. Arrive expecting a station and a frequent bus, and you will spend a lot of time staring at a timetable, working out where the service went.