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| Wildlife abounds at this hillside station |
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The Station is unusual in that the main building is on one side of the track and the platform is on the other.
Where once stood a large goods shed and cattle pens, are now the most wonderful gardens, lawns and shrubs - a great place for a picnic or meditation...
The platform, on the re-opening of the line to Stogumber in 1978, had been reduced to a short length, the rest being rotten and so removed. Rebuilding started in the 1980s with a short extension to the north, and recently extended to the south to revive the former glory.
The village of Stogumber lies about one mile to the west and is, as the celebrity Fred Wedlock said "It's a beautiful village...". Rowcliffe, the solicitor who dealt with much of the local legal aspects for the first West Somerset Railway in the 1850s, lived at Stogumber. The village has shops and pubs.
The countryside is very pretty, with many small hills and deep valleys, mostly livestock and a little arable farming, and it is good walking country. Wildlife abounds in these parts, it seems you only have to stand or sit still and nature is at your feet or it all passes by. Look out for the abundant primroses which once gave the railway the nickname "The Primrose Line".
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Panoramic view of the Station
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Map showing the location of the Station
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The Friends of Stogumber Station
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| The Friends of Stogumber Station (FoSS) take care of and run the Station with the aim of replicating a Great Western Railway country station as it was prior to nationalisation in 1948. |
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| By joining FoSS you'll receive a newsletter - the Buzzard Chronicle, by email or post, as well as up-to-date information of the goings-on at this typical country station. |
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| Membership Application Form. |
| Postcode: TA4 3TR |
| OS Grid Reference: ST110372 |
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Google Earth and Google Maps
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| See the Stations on Google Earth |
| If you have Google Earth, use the WSR KMZ file to see the WSR Stations. For a trip along the line from Minehead to Bishops Lydeard in Google Earth, once the KMZ file is loaded, click on the "West Somerset Railway" link (the one above "Minehead" in "Places" in Google Earth) and then find the "Play" symbol a little lower down, and then Google Earth will do the rest. Enjoy. |
| » Download the WSR KMZ file |
| See the Stations on Google Maps |
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