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North Somerset contains the parliamentary constituencies of Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset. A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ; English Heritage takes the leading ...
The Bristol and Exeter Railway arrived in Weston-super-Mare on 14 June 1841. This was not the route that serves today's Weston-super-Mare railway station, but rather a single-track branch line from Weston Junction, midway between the present day Worle and Uphill junctions, which terminated at a small station in Regent Street close to the High ...
The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury is a weekly paid for newspaper that covers Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding areas of Somerset and North Somerset in England. The Weston Mercury was established 1 April 1843 and was family-owned for much of its history.
Weston-super-Mare is the busiest RNLI station on the south side of the Bristol Channel. In 2010 it was called into action on 47 occasions, rescuing 27 people and a dog which had fallen down a cliff; [ 14 ] in 2011 there were 42 launches totalling 133 hours at sea and resulting in the rescue of 19 people.
Among the films that it showed were ones created by its own staff, such as one of 'B.C. Hucks at Weston-super-Mare' which showed the first aeroplane crossing of the Bristol Channel. [2] The site was redeveloped in 1934 by Odeon Cinemas and opened in 1935. T Cecil Howitt was chosen as the architect, this being one of four Odeon cinemas that he ...
Leaving Clevedon, the bus takes a direct route along the B3124 passing through the village of Weston-in-Gordano before terminating at The Precinct stop on Portishead High Street. The return journey to Weston-super-Mare makes a small loop around the town to serve the Sainsbury's supermarket and Harbour Road before following the same route back ...
English: Carnival club prepare for the 2022 Weston-super-Mare carnival in Locking Road car park. In the centre here is the Cavalier club's Showboat cart which hasn't been lit yet as it is towards the back of the parade, but the leading carts in the rows behind are ready for the off.
The settlement of Worle was, however, better served by a new station on the Weston Loop line when it opened on 1 March 1884 and so the one on the main line was renamed again, now being called "Puxton". Worle station on the Loop was itself closed on 2 January 1922 and so the main line station was given yet another name, now "Puxton and Worle".