Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

This pumping station is located between the railway and the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal at Firepool Lock in Taunton. It s purpose was to p...

The North Taunton Art Trail consists of 4 very large murals of 4 native wild animals, all of which are currently declining in numbers: bees...

This lovely Woodland Play Zone is located in Yeovil Country Park. It was vandalised in 2013 and 2014 but since I took these photos in Octob...

Dovecotes were constructed by wealthy people to provide a source of meat (young pigeons) for themselves and t heir households.  Pigeons can ...

On 22nd November 1945 a Liberator aircraft took off from RAF Merryfield near Ilminster carrying soldiers on their way to India. However it w...

The weir on the River Tone at French Weir to the west of the town centre was first built in the early 13th century when the mills in Taunto...

The Devonian rocks of the Quantock Hills contain some metal ores . These are mainly copper but there is als o some iron, lead and silver. ...

There are various theories about why some signposts were historically painted red :   T o help illiterate prison guards escorting convic...