WATCHET BOAT MUSEUM OFFICIALLY OPENS 20 JULY 2016
On a fine sunny day.
Watchet England
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On episode 11, Julie & Art travel to Watchet England. This is our first stop as part of our exploration of the Somerset area.
Top ten things to do in Watchet
In this podcast, we take you through our top 10 list of things to do in Watchet England. Listen for our travel tips and overview of our suggested places to visit, including:
War Memorial and St. Decumen Mosaic
Watchet Boat Museum
Esplanade highlights
Fossil Beach
Market House Museum
St. Decuman’s Church
West Somerset Railway
Watchet Harbour Lighthouse
Washford Radio Museum
Watchet Railway Station
Travel Tips and Fun Facts
We also share a few fun facts and tips you’ll want to consider on your visit to this city which is easily accessible from Taunton.
Travel Resources
Click here to access our Watchet Itinerary in PDF format
We consulted “DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Great Britain” for identifying specific attractions to include during our trip. The book was helpful to identify walking tours, museums, as well as providing days and times that specific places are open to visit. We recommend purchasing a book similar to this one when planning a longer trip.
Visit Watchet England
We hope this episode inspire you to consider the Watchet area in England as part of your UK travels.
You’ll find our blog post on our Watchet visit at this link:
Which attractions will you explore on a trip to Watchet?
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Julie & Art
WHEELBARROWS AND STEAM AT WATCHET UK 26 MAY 2019
Fun and games on the Esplanade, Watchet, West Somerset UK. Steam trains frequent the station on the West Somerset Railway
THE BONNIE PIPES OF LOCH WATCHET
A chance meeting with Fred Bacon behind the museum on a windy but dry day in West Somerset UK on 11 January 2014.. It was so good to catch up with this local character who has entertained many, so far from Scotland! It was also a relief to enjoy a rare dry and sunny day recently that wasn't too cold!
Hinkley Point C Community Fund - Watchet Visitor Centre
EDF Energy has set up a fund to be spent on improvements for communities most affected by the development of Hinkley Point C.
The village of Watchet has received funding for two projects. The football and cricket pavilion placed a successful bid for improvements to its facilities, whilst Watchet Boat Museum and Visitor Centre has been granted funds for an expansion to help provide visitors to the area with a new focal point and gateway into Watchet.
The company has committed £20 million towards the Community Fund which has already granted financial support to a number of exciting projects across Somerset.
To find out more about the fund and details on how to apply, visit: edfenergy.com/HPCcommunityhub
Transcript
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- NAOMI GRIFFITH - Director of Onion Collective: The Community Impact Mitigation fund has been absolutely vital for this project and has made a real difference, I would say, in Watchet. So, it's funded about sixty percent of this capitol build project. The whole build was about £400,000 and we secured £243,000 from the CIM Fund which really enabled it to go ahead and helped us to draw in the extra funding that we needed. It not only provides a centre where people can find out about Watchet and their visit and the things to do here but it is also changing the way people use the town. So they come here first and then they traverse around the town in a different way than they were previously so that means that they go to different shops, more of the businesses at this top end of the town are being used than they were and we're having reports of that already within three weeks of opening that it's making a significant impact on the way people visit our town.
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The Great Britain 09 - 4: Central Highlands, April 9-10
Caledonian sleeper from Crewe (again with lovely announcer voice ;-)) to Aviemore with regular traffic and on by bus to the Strathspey museum railway at Boat of Garden and Broomhill. The staff was very hospitable and invited us into the signal box. After taking a landscape shot at Broomhill we took the steam train pulled by #17 Braeriach 0-6-0T (Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock works #2017, built in 1935) back to Aviemore. We pokered high and won by going to Dunkeld & Birnam where the Great Britain II would cross our train. As we got out it just pulled into the station with a Black 5 double header formed by 45231 The Sherwood Forester and 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier. Just a few minutes later we were on our way north again to Inverness.
WATCHET HIGH AND LOW
THE HARBOUR AND MARINA IN WEST SOMERSET ON 13 AUGUST 2009
Watchet Somerset
a quick trip around Watchet harbour in March 2010 , on a day when the West Somerset Railway had some visiting Loco's
FROM BALMORAL TO A KING, Part 1
The Motor Vessel Balmoral delivers passengers to Watchet to catch a steam train hauled by the King Edward 1 locomotive, on 3 August 2009. Viewed from the sadly defunct West bay Caravan Park on the cliffs above Watchet..
I visited a small town called Watchet and found some treasures
Watchet is a small town in Somerset UK.
In this video I go to explore Watchet and find an antique shop with great collections of vinyl music
Watchet Carnival Parade 2017
A short film of the 2017 Carnival Parade on Sunday 30th July . Due to the crowds, it was take from a fixed location at the start next to the museum. All those taking part are included in the film.
Black 5 George Stephenson arriving at Sheringham
Black 5 George Stephenson arriving at Sheringham
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WATCHET PLAQUE REDEDICATION 20 MAY 2018 Part1
Part 1 of 2 made on sunny Pentecost Sunday
STEAM ON THE WSR, WATCH IT AT WATCHET.
On 13 August 2013. Loving being at Watchet, beside the West Somerset Railway!
January 1st at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum Party
Created on January 9, 2013 using FlipShare.
British HMS Belfast WWII World War II Ship Destroyer Museum Tour Vlog
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HMS Belfast is a light cruiser that was built for British Royal Navy. She is now a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum. #hmsbelfast #ww2 #warships
MAINLINE TRAIN FROM WATCHET TO BRISTOL Part 3 EXPLORING BRISTOL CENTRAL DOCKS.
The final part of the story of the day out from Watchet. Walking from Temple Meads Station and passing the magnificent St Mary Redcliff Church on the way to seeing part of the Harbourside and Old City Centre. We finally enjoy the view from the roof of the new M Shed Exhibition Building before returning to the station to catch the train back to West Somerset and Watchet
WATCHET SUMMERTIME 2012 PART 7 CHILDREN AND THE HELICOPTER
In the old goods shed of the railway which now serves as Watchet Boat Museum we see the children enjoying being entertained.Then around 5pm the advertised arrival of the Air Sea Rescue heilicopter talkes our attention.