Radstock

More than once, the scout rode from North Somerset Junction to Frome and from Bath to Castle Cary. He covered other routes in the area at different times and often passed through Radstock.

What follows is just a collection of photos.

July, 2016

September, 2014

September, 2014

Collier’s Way: Art & the Travelling Landscape

July, 2016

September, 2014

The extensive quarries in Vallis Vale were served by a private siding which left the Radstock Branch near Murtry Bridge on the Mells River. A line went as far as Whatley Quarry but was heavily restricted. In the 1970s a new line was built from Hapsford Junction, half a mile further along the Radstock Branch, to accommodate the long, heavy trains needed to carry the output from Whatley.

In August, 2016, a loaded train from Whatley Quarry is about to pass beneath Elliots Lane, between Hapsford Junction and Frome. +
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