Watchet
Watchet is a harbour town in Somerset. It is also a popular holiday destination and is a stop on the West Somerset Railway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Williton railway station and Watchet Harbour Lighthouse.
Williton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Williton railway station in Williton, Somerset, England, was opened by the West Somerset Railway in 1862 and closed by British Rail in 1971. It was reopened in 1976 as a heritage line.
Watchet Harbour Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Watchet Harbour Lighthouse is a marine navigational aid marking the entrance to a Marina within the town of Watchet, in Somerset, England.
Watchet Boat Museum
Museum
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Watchet Boat Museum is a small museum in Watchet, Somerset, England. It is housed in the 1862, Victorian, former railway goods shed of Watchet railway station, which is today located on the heritage West Somerset Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cleeve and Washford.
Old Cleeve
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Cleeve is a village 5 miles south east of Minehead in Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares and includes the villages of Old Cleeve, Roadwater and Washford as well as hamlets such as Bilbrook, Chapel Cleeve, Golsoncott and Leighland Chapel. Old Cleeve is situated 2 miles west of Watchet.
Washford
Village
Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in England.
Watchet
- Type: Locality
- Location: West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.179° or 51° 10′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.3302° or 3° 19′ 49″ westElevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9C3R5MH9+HWGeoNames ID
7291693
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