The Somerset County League is a football competition based in England. The Premier Division operates at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.^[1] It is a feeder to the Western League Division One and has promoted nine clubs to it since 2006 – Hengrove Athletic, Portishead Town, Radstock Town, Oldland Abbotonians, Wells City, Cheddar, Ashton & Backwell United, Nailsea & Tickenham and Middlezoy Rovers.

Presently, the league has four divisions. It is fed by the Bath and North Somerset District League, the Mid-Somerset League, the Perry Street and District League, the Taunton & District Saturday League, the Yeovil and District League, and the Weston-super-Mare and District League. It is affiliated to the Somerset County FA which was formed in 1885.^[2]

The Somerset County League, also known as the Somerset Senior League, was founded in 1890.

Seven of the current teams in the Somerset County League have competed at a higher level, namely:

• Ashton & Backwell United
• Chard Town
• Clevedon United
• Glastonbury
• Ilminster Town
• Minehead
• Peasedown Miners Welfare

Among the clubs that have left the Somerset County League and now compete at a higher level are:

Clandown had three periods in the Western Football League but rejoined the Somerset County League in 1992 before folding in 2004.^[3] Westland-Yeovil eventually folded after leaving the County League for the Western League but they subsequently reformed as Westland Sports and now compete in the Dorset Premier League.