Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

In 2014, as part of the Minehead Maritime Heritage Project, seven plaques were created and mounted on the harbour wall. They were unveiled b...

A pair of restored 19th century buoys are on display at Combwich Wharf and Bridgwater Docks.  The plaque on the buoy at Combwich Wharf says ...

Battery Point Lighthouse was built in 1931 by Chance Brothers of Smethwick on a rocky promontory on the north west edge of Portishead.  The ...

On the afternoon of 12th January 1899 a storm arrived on the North Devon coast and wind speeds increase to force 8.  In the early evening, t...

Black Nore Lighthouse was built on a coastal outcrop at Portishead by Trinity House in 1894.  Its purpose was to be a navigation aid for shi...

I'm not referring to the marine mammals, but to man-made marine structures, which are not usually connected to the shore and which are u...

In around 1820 Sir John Acland of Fairfield House near Stogursey built a boathouse on the beach at Lilstock where boats from South Wales cou...

Murals brighten up our towns and villages.  Some have been painted by professional artists, others by students, self-taught artists or scho...