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Washford is a peaceful village that is situated in West Somerset. Its attractions include the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust, where you can ride on a working steam train, and visit the railway museum for more information about the line’s history. You could also visit the Tropiquaria, which houses various tropical plant and animal species.
 
 
 
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Cleeve Abbey
Cleeve Abbey in Washford, founded between 1186 and 1191 by William de Roumare, grandson of the Earl of Lincoln, was once inhabited by monks of the Cistercian order. Now under the care of English Heritage, it is England’s most intact...
 
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Somerset and Dorset Railway
A trust was established in order to preserve and protect the long and illustrious history of the railways in this region. It established a museum that contains relics from the Somerset and Dorset Railway which once ran from Bath...
 
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Torre Cider Farm
Torre Cider Farm offers a tour around the site to watch the traditional way cider is made, including a walk through the apple orchard and a video about the story of cider making through the ages. Made from long-established varieties...
 
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Washford Mill
Washford Mill is home to a collection of shops selling Somerset crafts and local produce, set in the original mill building. The restored water mill drew its power from a channel connected to Washford River, the turbine being installed in...
 
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Washford Station Museum
Washford Station Museum can be found between Watchet and Blue Anchor on the line’s second highest summit. The station building was built in 1874 and next to it stands a reconstructed Midford signal box housing a level frame which is...
 
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All Saints Church   (< 1 Mile)
An extremely rare find in All Saints Church in Monksilver is an Easter sepulchre. Resembling a tomb is no doubt how it came to be missed by the Reformation despoilers. The pulpit is 16th Century, the screen is Jacobean with...
 
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Bakelite Museum   (< 1 Mile)
The Bakelite Museum in Williton is tucked away in a historic watermill and is home to the largest collection of vintage plastics in Britain. You’ll find just about everything you can think of here, from radios, cameras and telephones to...
 
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Dunster Castle   (< 1 Mile)
Dunster Castle is situated atop a hill, overlooking the village. The approach is up a steep wooded walk to the 15th Century gatehouse. Beyond this is another gatehouse, the oldest remains of the original Norman castle. The Luttrell family were...
 
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Dunster Stables   (Approx 5 Miles)
Dunster Castle stables were constructed in the mid 17th Century and are a listed grade II building. Exmoor markets are now held at the stables, being a joint venture between the National Trust and Somerset Food Links. But that’s not...
 
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Jubilee Geological Wall   (Approx 2 Miles)
The Jubilee Geological Wall was built by volunteers from a local centre which caters for adults with learning disabilities, under the guidance of Dr Eric Robinson. The wall was erected on the platform of Watchet Station and displays a fascinating...
 
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St Decuman’s Church   (< 1 Mile)
St Decuman’s Church, which is mainly Perpendicular, was built up from the original 13th Century structure. A niche in the battlemented tower contains a figure with a cross, thought to be St Decuman. The chancel is 13th Century and the...
 
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St Decuman’s Holy Well   (Approx 4 Miles)
St Decuman’s Holy Well is situated down the lane from the parish church in Watchet. A little way from the town centre, the well was a place of pilgrimage before the church was built. Legend says the Celtic saint sailed...
 
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Watchet Boat Museum   (Approx 5 Miles)
Watchet Boat Museum focuses on the town’s maritime history and is housed in what used to be a West Somerset Railway goods shed. On display is the world’s largest collection of Somerset flatners, flat bottom river boats once used in...
 
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Watchet Harbour   (Approx 4 Miles)
There has been a port at Watchet for over a thousand years and the harbour was still used by commercial boats until 2000. It has been destroyed by the power of the sea on several occasions and in the 1860s,...
 
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Watchet Museum   (< 1 Mile)
The museum at Watchet is situated on the ground floor of the old Market House – the top floor being the Holy Cross Chapel, a Celtic Centre. The museum displays fossils found locally, including an ichthyosaurus and a mammoth’s tooth,...
 
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