Thursday 30 June 2022

Minehead's Metal Heads

Minehead is currently home to over 150 Metal Heads and there are a few elsewhere in West Somerset e.g. Blue Anchor, Watchet and Carhampton.  Local man Steven Heard, who is a former carpenter, began to produce them during the first lockdown.  They are all made from scrap metal and other materials and are appropriately dressed and decorated for their locations.  There is now a Metal Heads Trail Map: copies can be picked up from the Tourist Information Centre in the Beach Hotel.   Here are a few I have found so far:

Hairdresser

Echo Beach Cafe, Minehead Harbour

Lifeboat Station

Builder

Coastguard at Minehead Harbour

Watchet

Painter painting the gates at Blenheim Gardens

Walker at the entrance to Culvercliff

Chef at the Portside Diner

Chef at the Portside Diner

Blenheim Gardens

Francis James, Jewellers

Bill the Farmer outside the Old Hospital

Treat Suite

Angel, Methodist Church

Jack-in-the-Box outside Jack's

Brainwave Charity Shop

British Red Cross Shop

Policeman on a unicycle

Shopper at Iceland

Postman

Greenslade Taylor Hunt

Optician at Specsavers

Glenmore Bakery's Delivery Boy

Soldier outside the Royal British Legion's Centre in Watchet

Lady and her dog, near the seafront, Minehead

Frog, Toddy's Cafe, Minehead

Watchet Art Club

Scotsman

Fisherman near the harbour

Another fisherman near the harbour

Policeman outside Minehead Police Station

Paddington Bear and Queen Elizabeth II - 
Platinum Jubilee TV sketch

Minehead Garden Centre

This pair of gardeners can be found outside the public toilets in Blue Anchor

Billie Mae's Cafe, Minehead

Minehead YMCA

West Somerset Railway

Blue Anchor

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