6-629: Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve , Somerset , England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey , one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in England. It centred in a valley close to the Bristol Channel on the A39 road 7 miles (11 km) east of the resort town of Minehead and 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the port of Watchet . The village lies on
12-733: A number of historic artefacts from the Somerset and Dorset Railway . The village also had a station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway . Since 1933 there has been a broadcasting station at Washford. The front parts of the old transmitter building are now part of the Tropiquaria wildlife park and house their tropical hall, aquarium, the Washford Radio Museum and the Shadowstring Puppet Theatre. Washford has
18-526: A primary school, Old Cleeve Church of England School, which currently educates about 100 three- to nine-year-old children. Washford has a few shops, including a post office and a hairdresser. Washford has a Methodist chapel, which is a Grade II listed building . The village of Washford has two inns: the Washford Inn and the White Horse Inn, which is a free house. By the river and preserved watermill
24-621: Is Abbey Mill House, which is 18th-century and is also a listed building. Washford River The Washford River is a river in the English county of Somerset . It rises at 600 feet (183 m) above mean sea level near the village of Treborough , in the Brendon Hills , and flows into the Bristol Channel in the port town of Watchet . On its course it flows through the civil parishes of Treborough, Luxborough , Withycombe , Old Cleeve , Nettlecombe , Williton and Watchet, and through
30-636: The route of the Somerset Way and Celtic Way Exmoor Option. Washford is 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Old Cleeve. The parish is in West Somerset local government district and Somerset shire county . Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway , a steam -operated heritage railway . The station is the headquarters of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust and contains
36-468: The settlements of Pooltown , Kingsbridge , Roadwater , Torre , Washford and Watchet. The river valley passes through the Cleeve Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest , and close to Cleeve Abbey . The Washford River has a length of 19 kilometres (12 mi) and drains a catchment area of 33.3 square kilometres (12.9 sq mi). The Environment Agency defines two waterbodies for
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