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The West Somerset Coast Path is a long-distance footpath that links the northern end of the South West Coast Path to the River Parrett Trail in Somerset, England, UK. [1]In March 2016 a 58 miles (93 km) stretch of the England Coast Path from Brean Down to Minehead, which incorporates the West Somerset Coast Path, was opened and designated as part of the England Coast Path.
Clevedon (/ ˈ k l iː v d ə n /, KLEEV-dən) is a seaside town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. It recorded a parish population of 21,281 in the United Kingdom Census 2011 , estimated at 21,442 in 2019. [ 1 ]
The West Somerset Railway opened on 31 March 1862 from a junction at Norton Fitzwarren, but there was no station here and trains continued the short distance to Taunton railway station. A second branch was added on 8 June 1871 when the first section of the Devon and Somerset Railway was opened to Wiveliscombe.
The Clevedon branch line (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 km) from Clevedon Road, renamed Yatton, was opened to traffic on 28 July 1847, and the Tiverton branch from Tiverton Road, renamed Tiverton Junction, opened on 12 June 1848. The Tiverton branch passed under the Grand Western Canal, and Brunel constructed Halberton aqueduct to carry the canal over ...
Many of these are for pupils between 11 and 18 years, such as King's College, Taunton, Wellington School, Somerset and Taunton School. King's School, Bruton, was founded in 1519 and received royal foundation status around 30 years later in the reign of Edward VI. Millfield is the largest co-educational boarding school.
Wellington Cricket Club have a ground off Courtland Road, and have two teams in the Somerset Cricket League. [65] Wellington A.F.C. football Club was formed in 1892 and now play in the Western Football League. [66] Wellington Bowmen is an archery club formed in 2001. It uses facilities at the rugby club and at Court Fields School. [67]
The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway (WC&PR) was a 14.01-mile (22.55 km) standard gauge light railway in Somerset, England. It was conceived as a tramway in the 1880s, opening between the coastal towns of Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon in 1897 and completed to Portishead in 1907.
This encompassed 80 miles (130 km) of the Somerset coast line, from the Devon border to the mouth of the River Axe. [26] Some quays were built in Bridgwater in 1424 and another quay, the Langport Slip, was built in 1488 upstream of the town bridge. [22] The river was navigable, with care, as far as the town bridge by 400–500 tonne vessels. [27]