Washford Station
Washford © Stephen Edge

Washford © Peter Darke

Washford © Rodney Greenway

It's all downhill from Washford Station...
Washford Station is situated at the second highest summit of the line between Watchet and Blue Anchor, at a point where road and rail take advantage of a gap in the hills that stretch from the coastal cliffs to the Brendon Hills inland.
The climb to Washford in either direction is fairly stiff for steam locomotives - coming up from Blue Anchor there is a one mile section at 1 in 65, the steepest on the line.
The station building is the original, built when the line opened in 1874. Next to the main building is a small wooden structure. This was the signal box and now houses a lever frame forming part of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust exhibits.
The Trust took over the then derelict site in 1976, and have transformed the area into one of the very best railway museums in the land. There are any number of artefacts, mostly saved from the old Somerset & Dorset Railway, nearly all restored in pristine condition. For more information about the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust, visit their web siteExternal website...
Panoramic view of the Station
Picture by Rodney Greenway. Viewer by Martin Krolik
Map showing the location of the Station
The Roadside Station
Washford © Stephen Edge
Satellite Navigation
Postcode: TA23 0PP
OS Grid Reference: ST044411
Station Pages
Google Earth and Google Maps
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.
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See the Stations on Google Maps
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