Blue Anchor Bay
Blue Anchor Bay is a cove in Somerset, West Country, England. Blue Anchor Bay is situated nearby to the locality Chapel Cleeve, as well as near the village Carhampton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue Anchor railway station and Dunster Castle.
Blue Anchor railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blue Anchor railway station is situated in the seaside village of Blue Anchor, Somerset, England, close to the larger village of Carhampton. It is on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway, and it houses one of the two museums of the West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust.
Dunster Castle
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Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. Dunster Castle is situated 2 miles west of Blue Anchor Bay.
Dunster railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunster railway station is near Dunster, Somerset, England and is on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway. Dunster railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Blue Anchor Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blue Anchor and Carhampton.
Blue Anchor
Village
Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blue Anchor is a seaside village, in the parish of Old Cleeve, close to Carhampton in Somerset, England. The village takes its name from a 17th-century inn; the bay, Blue Anchor Bay, was previously known as Cleeve Bay.
Carhampton
Village
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Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865. Carhampton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Blue Anchor Bay.
Dunster
Village
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Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel 2.5 miles southeast of Minehead and 20 miles northwest of Taunton. Dunster is situated 2 miles west of Blue Anchor Bay.
Blue Anchor Bay
- Type: Cove
- Category: body of water
- Location: Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19111° or 51° 11′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.40083° or 3° 24′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C3R5HRX+CMGeoNames ID
3345359
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