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 Watchet is an ancient harbour town
nestled between Exmoor National Park and the Quantocks. |
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Watchet
- Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871
200 22 33. |
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Watchet -
Travel by road - Watchet is on the B 3191. A nearby
large town is Minehead. Watchet is about 50 miles from EXETER and
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Watchet
nearby station - Travel by train - Taunton Station,
Station Approach, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1QP. Customer service
08457000125. CCTV. Ticket office. Waiting rooms. Refreshment
facilities. Pay phone. Shops. Toilets. Wheelchair accessible
toilets. Only parts of station step free access. Wheelchairs
available. Taunton is about 18 miles from Watchet. |
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Watchet -
Sport - Minehead & West Somerset Golf
Club, Warren Road, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5SJ. Tel: 01643 702057.
About 3 miles west of Watchet. |
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Watchet
- Shopping - Watchet has a variety of
quaint shops in a network of small streets, waiting to be explored. |
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Watchet
- Entertainment and attractions - West
Somerset Railway Plc, The Railway Station, Minehead, Somerset,
TA24 5BG. Tel: 01643 704996. Tropiquaria,
Washford Cross, Watchet, TA23 0QB. Tel: 01984 640688 - home to
a wide variety of exotic animals, an adventure playground, puppet
theatre and a radio museum. Torre Cider
Farm, Washford, Watchet TA23 0LA Tel: 01984 640004. Traditional
Somerset Cider Making with the opportunity to sample different
ciders straight from the barrel. The farm shop also sells cream,
cheese, honey and wine. Stroll through the orchard or see a video
on traditional cider making. Whilst at the cider farm visit the
Gloucester Old Spot pigs, and goats. |
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Watchet
- Other information - Dunster Castle,
Dunster, nr Minehead, Somerset TA24 6SL. Tel: 01643 821314. The Dunster Dolls Museum, Memorial
Hall, 17 High Street, Dunster, Minehead, TA24 6SF. Coleridge Cottage, 35 Lime Street, Nether Stowey,
Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 1NQ. Tel: 01278 732662. Watchet Museum, The Market House,
Market Street, Watchet, Somerset. TA23 0AN. Tel: 01984 631 209. |
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- Cheddar Caves &
Gorge, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3QF. Tel: 01934 74234. www.cheddarcaves.co.uk.
- Sherborne Castle, Cheap Street, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3PY.
Tel: 01935 813182. www.sherbornecastle.com.
- The Bridgwater &
Taunton Canal. The Bridgwater & Taunton Canal is 14½
miles long. Starts in the centre of Taunton.
- Dunster Castle, Dunster, nr Minehead, Somerset TA24 6SL. Tel:
01643 821314. www.nationaltrust.org.uk.
- Longleat, Warminster,
Wiltshire, BA12 7NW. Tel: 01985 844400. www.longleat.co.uk.
- Glastonbury Abbey, The Abbey Gatehouse, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury,
Somerset, BA6 9EL. Tel: 01458 832267. glastonburyabbey.com.