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KYP North Somerset
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Tweeting highlights from North Somerset's edition of Know Your Place. Explore, and add to, North Somerset's history and heritage.
Jul 27, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Continuing on the theme of #Journeys, today we're taking a look at the former Weston, Clevedon & Portishead railway.

When Brunel built the broad gauge railway from Bristol towards Exeter the route by-passed these 3 towns as the diversion would not have been worthwhile. 1/ Map showing the route of the WC&P railway (Credit WC&PR) When this main line was opened in 1841, at the same time a broad gauge branch line was also opened to Weston.
Trains on the Weston branch were horse-drawn until 1848 when steam was used. 2/