Williton

Williton is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, at the junction of the A39, A358 and B3191 roads, on the coast 2 miles south of Watchet between Minehead, Bridgwater and Taunton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Williton railway station and Tropiquaria.

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.

Tropiquaria

Zoo

Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tropiquaria Zoo is a small tropical house and zoo in Somerset, England. It is located at Washford Cross, 16 miles from Taunton and 9 miles from Minehead.

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 Watchet and Old Cleeve.

Watchet

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Watchet is a harbour town in Somerset. It is also a popular holiday destination and is a stop on the West Somerset Railway.

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 2½ miles west of Williton.

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.

Williton

Type: Locality
Location: West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.164° or 51° 9′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.3203° or 3° 19′ 13″ west

Elevation

95 feet (29 metres)

Open location code

9C3R5M7H+JV

GeoNames ID

7291694

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