Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

Saturday, 18 September 2021

Poets' Walk, Clevedon

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The town of Clevedon has connections to two of England’s best known poets.   Poets’ Walk is a popular footpath which runs along the coast a...
Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Goblin Combe

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Goblin Combe is a gorge, which was formed during the last ice age by melting snow and ice cutting into limestone. It is located to the east ...
Saturday, 14 August 2021

RAF Culm Head

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The airfield at RAF Culm Head was constructed in 1940-41.  It was initially called RAF Church Stanton .  It was the first of 3 airfields t...
Sunday, 1 August 2021

Tank Training on North Hill during the Second World War

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In 1942 North Hill was taken into military control and it became the Minehead Armoured Vehicle Fighting Range .  It was one of five new tank...
Sunday, 18 July 2021

The Rock of Ages, Burrington Combe

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Augustus Montague Toplady was a Church of England clergyman and hymn writer.  He was born at Farnham in Surrey on 4 th November 1740 but g...
Wednesday, 7 July 2021

Portbury Standing Stone

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 A 1.8 metre high standing stone of Dolomitic Conglomerate is currently situated on a patch of grass between the school and the parish churc...
Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Long Ashton Research Station

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  In 1903 Lady Emily Smyth, widow of Sir Greville Smyth (owner of the Ashton Court Estate) provided six hectares of land in Long Ashton so t...
Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff near Cardiff on 13 th September 1916. His parents, Harald and Sofie Dahl, were Norwegians and his father w...
Saturday, 15 May 2021

St Peter's on the Quay, Minehead

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St Peter's on the Quay is a small chapel sandwiched between the Old Ship Aground pub and the Echo Beach Cafe.  The building housing it ...
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