West Somerset College

West Somerset College is a fairly large secondary school in Minehead, Somerset, England. It provides education for pupils aged 13 to 16 in the main school and 16 to 18 in the sixth form.

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Type: School
Description: school in Somerset, UK
Address: Bircham Road, Alcombe, Minehead, TA24 6AY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Minehead railway station and Butlin’s Minehead.

Minehead railway station

Railway station

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Minehead railway station is situated in Minehead, Somerset, England. First opened in 1874 as the terminus and headquarters of the Minehead Railway, it was closed by British Rail early in 1971. Minehead railway station is situated 3,600 feet northwest of West Somerset College.

Butlin’s Minehead

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Butlins Resort Minehead is a holiday camp operated by Butlins, located in Minehead in Somerset, England. It opened in 1962 and remains in use today. It was known as Butlin's Minehead until 1987, and as Somerwest World from then until 1999, when it reopened as Butlins Minehead Resort. Butlin’s Minehead is situated 2,700 feet northeast of West Somerset College.

Britannia Inn

Pub

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Britannia Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,300 feet southwest of West Somerset College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunster and Carhampton.

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.

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 2½ miles southeast of West Somerset College.

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. Blue Anchor is situated 3 miles southeast of West Somerset College.

West Somerset College

Categories: community college, academy school, secondary school, and education
Location: Minehead, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.19735° or 51° 11′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.46111° or 3° 27′ 40″ west

Operator

Bridgwater & Taunton College Trust

Open location code

9C3R5GWQ+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 149999704

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

Wikidata ID

Q7774284

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