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Ash Priors in the region of England is a place in United Kingdom - some 137 mi or ( 220 km ) West of London , the country's capital city .

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Time in Ash Priors is now 11:20 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wiveliscombe, Williton, West Quantoxhead, Watchet, and Taunton. Since you are here already, consider visiting Wiveliscombe . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Ash Priors ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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D7076 leaving Bishops Lydeard

0:48 min by eclipseandy
Views: 811 Rating: 5.00

D7076 approaches the Cedar Falls and opens up. ..

Tornado, Peppercorn A1 class 4-6-2, 60163 getting ready at Bishops Lydeard - jet engine ?

0:46 min by kiwipaper
Views: 722 Rating: 4.50

Tornado, Peppercorn A1 class 4-6-2, 60163 getting ready at Bishops Lydeard. 03-Jun-2009 for the 11:40 to Minehead on the West Somerset Railway The noise was incredible and sounded like a jet engine. ..


WSR - Bishop's Lydeard

9:59 min by MG06ZT
Views: 527 Rating: 5.00

The WSR held a gala and these shots are from the 20th March 2010. They show some comings and goings from Bishop's Lydeard station. 6024 King Edward 1 departs on the 12pm to Minehead, 92203 Black Princ ..

Class50's 50044 & 50049 west somerset railway

4:10 min by canontone
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Rail Blue charter from Manchester to Minehead filmed at Bishop's Lyeard Nr Taunton, Somerset. Class 50's 50044 and 50049 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Merrifield Children's Unit

Merrifield Children’s Unit (also known as Merryfield or Merrifields) was a residential children’s and adolescents’ psychiatric institution in the grounds of Tone Vale Hospital (an adult mental hospital) approximately 3 km north west of Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, Somerset, England, in what is now the village Cotford St Luke.

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Located at 51.04 -3.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Former psychiatric hospitals in England, Hospitals in Somerset

West Bagborough Hoard

The West Bagborough Hoard is a hoard of 670 Roman coins and 72 pieces of hacksilver found in October 2001 by metal detectorist James Hawkesworth near West Bagborough in Somerset, England.

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Located at 51.09 -3.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 2001 archaeological discoveries, History of Somerset, Metal detecting finds in England, Treasure troves in England, Treasure troves of Roman Britain

Ruby Country

Ruby Country is the name given to the rural inland hinterland of north-west Devon, UK. It covers 45 parishes around the market towns of Holsworthy and Hatherleigh. These two towns were at the centre of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak, and although agriculture was directly affected, most local businesses suffered considerable financial hardship.

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Located at 51.08 -3.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Geography of Devon

Norton Fitzwarren railway station

Norton Fitzwarren railway station is an untimetabled station on the West Somerset Railway in Somerset, England. It was built in 2009 about 0.25 miles north of the site of the old (Norton Fitzwarren) station that served the village of Norton Fitzwarren from 1873 until 1961. There have been fatal railway accidents in the vicinity in 1890, 1940 and 1978.

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Located at 51.02 -3.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Disused railway stations in Somerset, Former Great Western Railway stations, Heritage railway stations in Somerset, Railway stations built for UK heritage railways, Railway stations closed in 1961, Railway stations opened in 1873, Railway stations opened in 2009, West Somerset Railway

Norton Fitzwarren rail crash (1940)

The Norton Fitzwarren rail crash occurred on 4 November 1940 between Taunton and Norton Fitzwarren in the English county of Somerset, when the driver of a train misunderstood the signalling and track layout, causing him to drive the train through a set of points and off the rails. 27 people were killed. The locomotive involved was GWR King Class King George VI which was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

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Located at 51.02 -3.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 1940 in England, History of Somerset, Rail transport in Somerset, Railway accidents in 1940, Railway accidents in England, Railway accidents on the Great Western Railway