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Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish and electoral ward in the county of Somerset, England, with a population in 2011 of 3,785. [1] It is situated 15 miles (24 km) west of Bridgwater , 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Taunton , and 9 miles (14 km) east of Minehead .
Watchet was the northern passenger terminus of the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), which was built primarily to carry iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. The line was unconnected to any other, though it passed under what is now the West Somerset Railway south of the village of Watchet.
The Watchet Harbour Lighthouse is a marine navigational aid marking the entrance to a Marina within the town of Watchet, in Somerset, England. History In the ...
Watchet was chosen as the WSR line's terminus, as it had been since the Middle Ages an important regional port on the Bristol Channel. Local iron ore, timber and paper products were exported, whilst from the same time, it had become an important national port for the import of French wine and salt. The commercial aim of the WSR in choosing ...
Daw's Castle (or Dart's Castle or Dane's Castle) is a sea cliff hillfort just west of Watchet, a harbour town in Somerset, England.It is a Scheduled Monument. [1]The name comes from Thomas Dawe, who owned castell field in 1537.
Orchard Wyndham, west front Orchard Wyndham, south front Painting of Orchard Wyndham, 18th century English School, National Trust, collection of Petworth House.Northward beyond the house is the town of Watchet and its harbour (with pier built by Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (1687–1740)), historically part of the estate, on the Bristol Channel
Ex-GWR 2-8-0 No.3850 heading a passenger train towards Minehead on the preserved West Somerset Railway, passes over a viaduct over both the Wansbrough Paper Mill (behind trees), and the old mineral railway from the Brendon iron ore mines to Watchet harbour. Railway access to the mills private sidings was on the far side of the viaduct.
Monumental brasses in St Decuman's Church, Watchet, set into slabs of Portland marble, to Sir John Wyndham (d. 1572), of Orchard Wyndham and his wife Florence Wadham (1538–1597), erected by their son Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645).