Gartell Light Railway
The Gartell Light Railway is a privately run narrow gauge railway located at Yenston in the Blackmore Vale, south of Templecombe, in Somerset, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: TIM CHAPMAN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Theme park
- Description: railway line in the UK
- Address: Common Lane, Yenston, BA8 0NB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Templecombe railway station and Church of St Nicholas.
Templecombe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Templecombe railway station serves the village of Templecombe in Somerset, England. It is situated on the West of England Main Line, 112 miles 2 chains down the line from London Waterloo. Templecombe railway station is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Gartell Light Railway.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Nicholas in Henstridge, Somerset, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Nicholas is situated 1¼ miles south of Gartell Light Railway.
Henstridge
Aerodrome
Photo: Adam Temperton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Naval Air Station Henstridge is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase, located 7 miles west of Shaftesbury, in Dorset and 12.4 miles east of Yeovil, in Somerset, in South West England. It is home to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Henstridge is situated 2 miles east of Gartell Light Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yenston and Templecombe.
Yenston
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yenston is a small hamlet in Somerset within the Parish of Henstridge. Located on the A357, the hamlet is located between Templecombe and Henstridge. Over the years the hamlet has seen a number of changes.
Templecombe
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles east of Yeovil, and 30 miles west of Salisbury.
Henstridge
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Henstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles east of Sherborne in the South Somerset district, near the border with Dorset. The parish includes the hamlet of Yenston. In 2011, the village had a population of 1,814.
Gartell Light Railway
- Categories: railway line, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Henstridge, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.99459° or 50° 59′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.40269° or 2° 24′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C2VXHVW+RWOpenStreetMap ID
way 453763986OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkWikidata ID
Q5524319
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“Gartell Light Railway” goes by many names.
- German: “Gartell Light Railway”
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Highlights include Common Lane and Pinesway Junction.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gartell Light Railway”. Photo: TIM CHAPMAN, CC BY-SA 2.0.