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Discover Oake in United Kingdom

Oake in the region of England is a town located in United Kingdom - some 137 mi or ( 221 km ) West of London , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Oake

Local time in Oake is now 11:59 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Wiveliscombe, Williton, Willand, West Quantoxhead, and Taunton. When in this area, you might want to check out Wiveliscombe . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Oake ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

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. ..


Norton Fitzwarren Triangle to Allerford Junction

2:36 min by baldbazza
Views: 676 Rating: 3.00

A trip alongside West Somerset Railway's Norton Fitzwarren Triangle from the extremity of the WSR to Allerford Junction, as viewed from a shuttle train top and tailed by 'Teddy Bear' class 14 diesel h ..

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 ..


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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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 51.04 -3.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Former psychiatric hospitals in England, Hospitals in Somerset

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 4 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 4 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

Quantock Motor Services

Quantock Motor Services is a privately owned company based in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England. that operates a small number of bus services around Minehead and Taunton under contract to Somerset County Council, and one commercial route and rural tourist bus services around Exmoor. Much of its work is coach trips as well as private hire and school contracts. The company also operates a substantial heritage fleet on its bus route 400 and for private hire and on its crew-operated route 400.

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Located at 51.03 -3.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Bus operators in England, Companies based in Somerset, Transport in Devon, Transport in Somerset, Vintage bus operators in the United Kingdom

Tone Dale House

Tone Dale House (or Tonedale House) is an historic Grade II listed country house located in Wellington, Somerset, England. Wellington lies 7 miles west of Taunton in the vale of Taunton Deane, 1 mile from the Devon border. Tone Dale House, also known as House of Fox, offers views of Somerset with the Quantock hills to the North, and Blackdown Hills to the south, upon which sits the Wellington monument, built in commemoration of the Duke of Wellington.

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Located at 50.99 -3.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Grade II* listed buildings in Somerset, Houses completed in 1801