Devon

Here, There and Everywhere

Beer limestone quarry	Beer limestone quarry	Beer limestone quarry	Croyde gun emplacement
Limekiln near Ilfracombe	Rockham, Mortehoe, SS 'Collier'	Shaldon bridge milestone	Thurlestone beachtop pillbox
Thurlestone water valve box	One of Slapton Sands pillboxes	One of Slapton Sands pillboxes

Morwellham Quay

Morwellham Quay mine locos

Morwellham Quay, No 4 'Ludo'

Morwellham Quay mine entrance

Morwellham Quay

Seaton Tramway

Seaton Tramway car no 10	Along the route	Along the route	Along the route
Seaton Tramway car no 7	Seaton Tramway car nos 9 and 14	The level crossing

Tiverton, the Grand Western Canal - SS 9628 1237

The terminus of the Grand Western Canal

Grand Western Canal, Tiverton	Grand Western Canal, Tiverton	Grand Western Canal, Tiverton
Grand Western Canal, Tiverton	Grand Western Canal, Tiverton	Grand Western Canal, Tiverton

The Dart Valley - River and Railway

Paignton

USTC '2253 Omaha' at Paignton	USTC '2253 Omaha' at Paignton	BR '75014' at Paignton Station	BR '75014' at Paignton Station
BR '75014' at Paignton Station	GWR '4577' at Paignton Station	GWR '4577' at Paignton Station	GWR '4577' at Paignton Station
BR 'D7535' at Paignton Station	BR 'D7535' at Paignton Station	GWR '4555' at Paignton Station	The new GWR '800 313' at Paignton

Along the line

Goodrington Sands, Paignton	Goodrington Sands, Paignton	GWR '4577' at Churston, Devon
BR '75014' at Greenway, Devon	Greenway Viaduct, Churston

Kingsweir

BR '75014' near Kingsweir	GWR '3803' at Kingsweir Station	BR '75014' at Kingsweir Station	DMU trailer at Kingsweir Station
GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station	GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station	GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station	GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station
GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station	GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station

Along the River Dart

Dartmouth GWR Station	Leyland Tiger at Greenway Quay	PS Kingsweir Castle, Totnes
Philip and Son shipyard, Kingsweir	Philip and Son shipyard, Kingsweir	Philip and Son shipyard, Kingsweir

Dorset

Weymouth harbour tramway

Weymouth harbour tramway	Weymouth harbour tramway	Weymouth harbour tramway	Weymouth harbour tramway
Weymouth harbour tramway	Weymouth harbour tramway	Weymouth harbour tramway	Weymouth harbour tramway
Weymouth harbour tramway	Weymouth harbour tramway		30111 at Wareham Station

North Gloucestershire

Aust Quadrant Tower - ST 5718 9003

The ruins of a Quadrant Tower and arrow. A 'quadrant tower' was a navigation device (like a sextant but simpler) used to measure the angle between the horizon and the sun to check the height and range of bombers using a bombing range in the Severn Estuary. Plus the Severn Ferry pier and sewage works !

Aust Quadrant Tower	Aust Quadrant Tower and arrow	A Quadrant Tower
Aust Ferry pier	Aust sewage works

Sharpness and Purton - SO 6880 0445

Sharpness Docks,the remains of the Severn Bridge and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal as far as Purton and the Ships Graveyard.

Sharpness Docks - SO 6730 0275

Sharpness Docks are a port in its own right and the entrance dock to the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.

The 1935 grain silo	The WW2 flour mill	A general view of the dock	The canal heads away from the dock
The high-level swingbridge	The high-level swingbridge	The timber yard bridge	The T.S. 'Vindicatrx' memorial
Sunken barges in the marina	Sunken barges in the marina	Sunken barges in the marina	Sunken barge near the Severn Bridge
Severn Bridge Railway trackbed	SBR abutments over the canal	SBR abutment over the canal	SBR pier abutment in the river
SBR swingbridge tower	SBR swingbridge tower inside	Barge remains near the tower	Barge remains at the tower

Purton and the ships graveyard - SO 6850 0420

The Ships Graveyard at Purton.

The canal at Purton	The canal at Purton	The bridgekeepers house at Purton	A derelict and tipsy wind pump
The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard
The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard
The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard
The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard
The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard
The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard
The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard	The ships graveyard

Sharpness and Purton from the West bank - SO 6880 0445

Sharpness Docks and the Ships Graveyard at Purton (the Purton on the East bank of the estuary...). These photos were all taken from the other Purton on the West bank of the estuary.

The entrance to Sharpness Docks	Sharpness Canal marina
The ships graveyard at Purton	The ships graveyard at Purton	The ships graveyard at Purton

The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and
The Stroudwater Canal

Saul Junction - SO 7563 0929

Saul Junction is one of the few flat crossings of two canals, the Gloucester Sharpness Canal and the Stroudwater Canal. The GSC is in regular use but the Stroudwater is disused and out of water either side of the junction. Sections are being restored but it will be a long job. The GSC runs North - South with the Stroudwater running East - West.

The GSC looking South	The GSC looking North	Saul Junction WW2 warehouse	The pirates have landed
Saul Junction	Saul Junction	Three point turn at the Junction	WW2 crane at Saul Junction
Swing footbridge	Stroudwater Canal to East	Stroudwater Canal to East	Stroudwater Canal to East
Stroudwater Canal to West	Stroudwater Canal to West	Stroudwater Canal to West	Saul Junction pillbox

Stonebridge and Bonds Mill - SO 7933 0525

The Stroudwater Canal at Stonebridge and Bonds Mill

Bonds Mill bridge	Bonds Mill gatehouse pillbox	Bonds Mill gatehouse pillbox	Bonds Mill shadow factory
Looking West at Bonds Mill	Stroudwater Canal Ocean Basin	Stroudwater Canal Ocean Basin	Stroudwater Canal Ocean Basin
Stroudwater Canal Ocean Basin	Ocean Basin bridge	Ocean Basin bridge
Ocean Basin railway bridge	Ocean Basin railway bridge	Ocean Basin railway viaduct	Ocean Basin railway viaduct

The Thames and Severn Canal

Capels Mill, Stroud - SO 8536 0468

The Thames and Severn Canal at Capels Mill was filled in for a new road link so a diversion has been built under Capels Mill Viaduct, Stroud.

The Capels Mill diversion	The Capels Mill diversion	The Capels Mill diversion	The Capels Mill diversion
The Capels Mill diversion	The Capels Mill diversion	The Capels Mill diversion	The Capels Mill diversion

Bowbridge, Stroud - SO 8571 0429

Along the Thames and Severn Canal between Capels Mill and Bowbridge, Stroud

Between Capels Mill and Bowbridge	Between Capels Mill and Bowbridge	Between Capels Mill and Bowbridge	Between Capels Mill and Bowbridge
Between Capels Mill and Bowbridge	Between Capels Mill and Bowbridge	Between Capels Mill and Bowbridge	Between Capels Mill and Bowbridge

Sapperton Tunnel - SO 9422 0329

Walking up to the Western portal of Sapperton Tunnel on the Thames and Severn Canal, once the longest canal tunnel in the UK. This is the reach from the 'Daneway Inn' to the tunnel portal.

Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel
Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel
Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel	Between Daneway and Sapperton Tunnel

Gloucester Docks - SO 8270 1830

'Akaroa', probably not from New Zealand	Dredger 'S.N.D 4'	Dredger 'S.N.D 4'	The dry dock
Gloucester dry dock	Gloucester Docks hand cranes	Gloucester Docks hand cranes	Gloucester Docks hand cranes
Embedded trackwork	Embedded trackwork	Embedded trackwork	Bascule Bridge at the Docks
Grafton crane at the docks	Grafton crane at the docks	'Katherine May'	Lightship 'LV14 Sula'
Midland Railway Dock office	Midland Railway Dock office	Original dock level	Dock pumphouse
River lock, Gloucester	Salt basin, Gloucester	Trawler 'Leader at Gloucester	Trawler 'Leader at Gloucester
Steam crane, Gloucester	Gloucester Cheltenham Tramroad	Gloucester Cheltenham Tramroad	Gloucester Cheltenham Tramroad
Gloucester Docks warehouses	Gloucester Docks warehouses	Gloucester Docks warehouses	Gloucester Docks warehouses
Gloucester Docks warehouses	Gloucester Docks warehouses	Gloucester Docks warehouses

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway - SP 0500 3236

A ride from Toddington to Broadway and back to Cheltenham

'7903 Foremarke Hall' at Toddington	'7903 Foremarke Hall' at Toddington	'7903 Foremarke Hall' at Toddington	'7903 Foremarke Hall' at Toddington
'7903 Foremarke Hall' at Toddington	'7903 Foremarke Hall' at Broadway	'7903 Foremarke Hall' at Broadway	'7903 Foremarke Hall' at Broadway
'20137' at Toddington Station	Coal merchants hut at Toddington	Pay Office at Toddington	Leckhampton Tramroad tramplate

Somerset

Cheddar Valley Railway at Axbridge

Shute Shelve tunnel, Axbridge

Shute Shelve tunnel, Axbridge

Harrison McGregor root cutter

Harrison McGregor root cutter

Frome

The first 'BNSR' bridge at Frome	The first 'BNSR' bridge at Frome	The second 'BNSR' bridge at Frome
The air hammer at J W Singers foundry	The air hammer at J W Singers foundry	A warehouse hoist at Frome
Frome railway station built in 1850	Frome railway station built in 1850	Frome railway station built in 1850
Frome railway station built in 1850	Frome railway station built in 1850

Limpley Stoke - ST 7825 6215

A world-famous aqueduct on the Kennet and Avon Canal plus the junctions of the Somerset Coal Canal with the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Camerton branch of the Bristol & North Somerset Railway with the GWR Bath - Westbury line.

Dundas Aqueduct, Limpley Stoke	Dundas Aqueduct, Limpley Stoke	Commemorative tablet	Kennet and Avon Canal basin
Kennet and Avon Canal basin	Kennet and Avon Canal basin	Kennet and Avon Canal basin	Somerset Coal Canal basin
Somerset Coal Canal basin	Somerset Coal Canal basin	Camerton Railway viaduct	Camerton Railway bridge

Midsomer Norton

Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust and the SDJR trackbed towards Radstock

LMS Sentinel '7109' at Midsomer Norton	'Austin 1' at Midsomer Norton	Wickham railcar 'b40w'	Wickham railcar 'b40w'
Wickham railcar 'b40w'	BR 'D2128' at Midsomer Norton Station	BR 'D4095' at Midsomer Norton Station	RNAD van at Midsomer Norton Station
Midsomer Norton Station	Midsomer Norton Station	The WW2 pillbox at the Station	The WW2 pillbox at the Station
The WW2 pillbox at the Station	The WW2 pillbox at the Station	The WW2 pillbox at the Station	The WW2 pillbox at the Station
The WW2 pillbox at the Station	The WW2 pillbox at the Station	The WW2 pillbox at the Station	The end of the line
Heading back to the station	Heading back to the station	Heading back to the station	Heading back to the station
Heading back to the station		The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock	The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock
The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock	The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock	The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock	The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock
Welton Colliery tip	Welton Colliery tip

Minehead

WW2 pillboxes along the coast path

Pillbox, South of Minehead

Pillbox, South of Minehead

Pillbox, South of Minehead

The Lead Mines of the Mendips

Smitham Chimney

The only surviving leadmine chimney and its flue and tips

Smitham mine and brickworks,1884	Smitham Chimney	Smitham Chimney	Smitham Chimney
Smitham Chimney	Smitham Chimney	Smitham Chimney	Smitham Chimney
Smitham Flue	Smitham Leat	Smitham slag heap	Possible air shaft, Smitham

St Cuthberts

near Priddy

The Priddy Lead Mines, 1885	St Cuthberts Lead Mine, 1902	Chewton Lead Mine, 1902
First flue, St Cuthberts	First flue, St Cuthberts	First flue, St Cuthberts	Second flue, St Cuthberts
Third flue, St Cuthberts	Third flue, St Cuthberts	Third flue, St Cuthberts	Third flue, St Cuthberts
Third flue, St Cuthberts	Third flue, St Cuthberts	Fourth flue, St Cuthberts	Fourth flue, St Cuthberts
Flue exit pit, St Cuthberts	Flue exit pit, St Cuthberts	Flue exit pit, St Cuthberts	Flue exit pit, St Cuthberts
Righthand flue, St Cuthberts	Righthand flue, St Cuthberts	Righthand flue, St Cuthberts	Cottage at the end of the flues
Slag heaps at St Cuthberts	Slag heaps at St Cuthberts	The tramway to Chewton

Chewton and Stockhill

near Priddy

The Priddy Lead Mines, 1885	St Cuthberts Lead Mine, 1902	Chewton Lead Mine, 1902
The tramway from Chewton to the quarry	The tramway from Chewton to the quarry	The tramway from Chewton to the quarry
Shaft in Stockhill woods	A tramway in Stockhill Woods

The Somerset Coal Canal

Combe Hay

Bridge over the Camerton branch	Millers Bridge, Combe Hay	Millers Bridge, Combe Hay
Contractors railway, Combe Hay locks	Combe Hay lock 15	Combe Hay lock 15	Combe Hay lock 15
Combe Hay lock 14	Combe Hay lock 14	Combe Hay lock 13	Combe Hay lock 13 stone
Combe Hay lock 12	Combe Hay lock 12	Combe Hay lock 11	Combe Hay between locks 10 and 9
Combe Hay between locks 10 and 9	Combe Hay looking to lock 9	Combe Hay lock 8	Combe Hay lock 8
Combe Hay lock 8	Combe Hay lock 8	Combe Hay between locks 5 and 6	Combe Hay lock 5
Combe Hay lock 5	Combe Hay lock 1	Combe Hay lock 1	Combe Hay upper reach at lock 1
Combe Hay caisson area	Combe Hay 'SCC' fingerpost	Combe Hay 'SCC' fingerpost

Midford

Two railways and a canal crossed here on different levels, The Somerset & Dorset, the Camerton branch and the Somerset Coal Canal.

The SDJR at Midford		Camerton Railway viaduct	Camerton Railway viaduct
Camerton Railway viaduct	The contractors incline	Bishams Bridge, CLSR, near Midford
SCC bridge at Midford	SCC aqueduct at Midford	SCC aqueduct at Midford	SCC aqueduct at Midford
SCC aqueduct at Midford	SCC aqueduct at Midford		SCC canal bed above the viaduct,
SCC canal bed above the viaduct,	SCC canal bed above the viaduct,	SCC lock 20 near Midford	SCC lock 21 near Midford
SCC lock 21 near Midford	SCC lock 21 near Midford	SCC lock 21 near Midford	SCC lock 21 near Midford
SCC 'CCC' boundary stone	SCC upper bridge, Midford	SCC upper bridge, Midford	SCC upper bridge, Midford

Paulton - ST 6566 5762

The terminus Paulton and Timsbury basins of the Somerset Coal Canal

The Camerton branch at Paulton basin	The Camerton branch at Paulton basin	The Camerton branch at Paulton basin	The Camerton branch at Paulton basin
The Camerton branch at Paulton basin	The lower colliery tip, Paulton	The Paulton terminus basin	The Paulton terminus basin
The Paulton terminus basin	The Paulton terminus basin	Tramroad to Paulton basin	Tramroad bridge to Paulton basin
Timsbury SCC bridge	Timsbury SCC bridge	Timsbury SCC bridge	Timsbury SCC bridge
Timsbury dry dock	Timsbury dry dock	Timsbury dry dock	Tramroad sleeper at Timsbury basin
Tramroad bridge at Timsbury	Tramroad bridge at Timsbury

Weston-Super-Mare

Birnbeck Pier, with fond memories of day trips on the paddle steamers from Cardiff Pier Head, crumbles away as you watch.
Plus a collection of old Somerset County Council fingerposts at Sand Bay.

Birnbeck Pier, Weston	Birnbeck Pier, Weston	Birnbeck Pier, Weston
Sand Bay SCC fingerpost	Sand Bay SCC fingerpost	Sand Bay SCC fingerpost	Sand Bay SCC fingerpost

The West Somerset Railway

from Minehead to Bishops Lydiard

53809 at Minehead	7820 at Minehead	D5343 at Williton	D7017 at Bishops Lydiard
D7017 at Bishops Lydiard	D8188 at Blue Anchor	W51859 at Minehead
3850 at Minehead	4110 at Minehead	4936 'Kinlet Hall' at Minehead	4936 'Kinlet Hall', Bishops Lydiard
4936 'Kinlet Hall', Bishops Lydiard	4936 at Bishops Lydiard	6960 at Williton	6960 at Williton
7828 'Odney Grange' at Minehead	4936 'Kinlet Hall' en-route	4936 'Kinlet Hall' en-route	4936 'Kinlet Hall' en-route
Luggage at Williton	Luggage at Williton	'Foster Yeoman' wagon, Minehead	WSMR ex-Met Railway 37, c1907

Wiltshire

Bradford-on-Avon - ST 824606

A Ramblers walk around Bradford-on-Avon with the Kennet and Avon Canal and a couple of glimpses of the GWR Westbury line through the trees.The Avoncliff Cloth Mill dates from the early 18thC and was converted from corn to cloth in 1763. A WW2 pill-box guards the aqueduct with its decidely drooping main arch.

Kennet and Avon Canal	Kennet and Avon Canal	Kennet and Avon Canal	Kennet and Avon Canal
Kennet and Avon Canal	Avoncliff Aqueduct	Avoncliff Cloth Mill	Avoncliff Cloth Mill
Bradford-on-Avon pillbox	Bradford-on-Avon Station	'66553' heads for Bath	An 'SWR' Sprinter heads for Bath

Kingsdown Quarry (Swan Quarry), Kingsdown - ST 810670

Kingsdown Quarry or Swan Quarry at Kingsdown is a small quarry in the grand scheme of Bath Stone quarries but there's a lot of interest. Begun towards the end of the 19th century, it was unusual in that several companies were working it at the same time. The last workings finished in 1939 and, avoiding requisition during the war, the quarry hasn't worked since, despite a number of plans and ideas. The surviving complete crane was used by 'Marsh Sons and Gibbs'. There are a lot of artifacts displayed through the system and many quarrymen's calculations of the work done written on the walls. It's avery interesting little system.

Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry entrance	Kingsdown Quarry entrance	Kingsdown Quarry
Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry cart grooves	Kingsdown Quarry cart grooves	Kingsdown Quarry cart gouges
Kingsdown Quarry roof rails	Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry candle soot	Kingsdown Quarry stone trough
Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry crushed crane	Kingsdown Quarry crushed crane	Kingsdown Quarry crushed crane
Kingsdown Quarry crane	Kingsdown Quarry crane	Kingsdown Quarry crane	Kingsdown Quarry crane
Kingsdown Quarry crane	Kingsdown Quarry crane	Kingsdown Quarry crane remains	Kingsdown Quarry crane remains
Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry saw cut	Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry
Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry tree roots
Kingsdown Quarry roof rails	Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry
Kingsdown Quarry candle soot	Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry roof rails
Kingsdown Quarry roof rails	Kingsdown Quarry ladder	Kingsdown Quarry ladder	Kingsdown Quarry
Kingsdown Quarry	Kingsdown Quarry squeeze	Kingsdown Quarry exit	Kingsdown Quarry writing
Kingsdown Quarry writing	Kingsdown Quarry writing	Kingsdown Quarry cartoon	Kingsdown Quarry tools
Kingsdown Quarry tools	Kingsdown Quarry tools	Kingsdown Quarry tools	Kingsdown Quarry tools
Kingsdown Quarry tools	Kingsdown Quarry boots	Kingsdown Quarry tools	Kingsdown Quarry tools

Box Quarry, Wiltshire - ST 842691

A trip I missed, the Gwent Caving Club visited Box Quarry and found all sorts of bits and pieces. I'd already been committed to a cold, wet, misty walk with the Ramblers. Having seen these pictures I probably chose unwisely... Another time, hopefully. Thanks to Andrew Sheehy for the photos.

Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire
Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire
Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire
Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire	Box Quarry, Wiltshire