Chew Magna buildings reflecting the history of the village. The River Chew flows through the village. Just outside the village is Chew Magna Reservoir: this small Bristol Water supply reservoir intercepts the Winford Brook. There is one primary school, and an adjacent secondary school, several shops and small businesses, three churches, and three pubs serving the area. There is also a football pitch and children's play area. The village frequently wins regional categories in the Calor Village of the Year competition, and is currently moving towards zero waste status, having been described as "probably the greenest parish in Britain". Chew Magna has
Geoffrey Chew (musicologist) University, in Brno, Czech Republic. He has published on a wide variety of topics from the Middle Ages to contemporary music and also on music theory, but his principal research interests are in Czech and Slovak music (especially Leoš Janáček), relationships between literature and music, music analysis and reception history. Geoffrey Chew (musicologist) Geoffrey Chew () is a British musicologist. He was born and grew up in East London, South Africa, but has lived in Britain most of his life. After being educated in South Africa as a child, he studied music in England at the Royal College of Music,