Blue Anchor railway station

Blue Anchor railway station is situated in the seaside village of , , England, close to the larger village of . 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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: heritage railway station in Somerset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Blue Anchor Railway Station” and “Blue Anchor Station”
  • Address: Carhampton Road, Minehead, TA24 6LG

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dunster Castle and Church of St John the Baptist.

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is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of , , England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. is situated 2 miles west of Blue Anchor railway station.

Church
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The in Carhampton, , England is a Grade I listed Anglican church. The first church in the village stood to the east of the present church and was dedicated to St Carannog, a Welsh monk of the 6th century. is situated 1 mile southwest of Blue Anchor railway station.

Railway station
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is near , , England and is on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway. is situated 2 miles northwest of Blue Anchor railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blue Anchor and Carhampton.

Village
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is a seaside village, in the parish of , close to Carhampton in , England. The village takes its name from a 17th-century inn; the bay, Bay, was previously known as Cleeve Bay.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, 4 miles to the east of . civil parish stretches from the coast inland to . The parish has a population of 865.

Village
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is a village 5 miles south east of in , England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of covers an area of 2,092 hectares and includes the villages of , and as well as hamlets such as Bilbrook, Chapel Cleeve, Golsoncott and Leighland Chapel.

Blue Anchor railway station

Latitude
51.18167° or 51° 10′ 54″ north
Longitude
-3.40093° or 3° 24′ 3″ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Inception
1874
Operator
West Somerset Railway plc
Network
West Somerset Railway
Open location code
9C3R5HJX+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 269692440
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6955203
Wiki­data ID
Q4928826
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Venetian—“Blue Anchor railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Blue Anchor”
  • French: “Blue Anchor”
  • Polish: “Blue Anchor (stacja kolejowa)”
  • Polish: “Blue Anchor”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Blue Anchor”
  • Urdu: “بلیو اینکر ریلوے اسٹیشن”
  • Venetian: “Stasion de Blue Anchor”

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