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Taunton to Bristol Railway Bridge

 
Black Bridge, Dunwear TA6 5HN, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Taunton to Bristol Railway Bridge is a minor waterways place on the River Parrett between Burrow Bridge (4 miles and 6 furlongs to the southeast) and Bridgwater and Taunton Canal - River Parrett Junction (Junction of Bridgwater and Taunton Canal with River Parrett) (1 mile and 4½ furlongs to the northwest).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Burrow Bridge is Dunwear Motorway Bridge; 2¾ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Bridgwater and Taunton Canal - River Parrett Junction is Broadway Bridge (Bridgwater); 1 mile and ½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.

Oathe Flood Gates7 miles, 4 furlongs
Stathe Bridge6 miles, 3¼ furlongs
Parrett - Tone Junction4 miles, 7¼ furlongs
Burrow Bridge4 miles, 6 furlongs
Dunwear Motorway Bridge2¾ furlongs
Taunton to Bristol Railway Bridge
Broadway Bridge (Bridgwater)1 mile, ½ furlongs
Bridgwater Town Bridge1 mile, 1¾ furlongs
Chandos Bridge1 mile, 3¼ furlongs
Telescopic Bridge1 mile, 3½ furlongs
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal - River Parrett Junction1 mile, 4½ furlongs
 
 
Amenities

Amenities nearby at Broadway Bridge (Bridgwater)

 Fish & Chips
 St Johns Street Cycles - Bridgwater
 Bridgwater Station
 
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Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Bridgwater railway station] Bridgwater railway station serves Bridgwater in Somerset, England. It is on the Bristol to Taunton Line and is operated by Great Western Railway. It is 151 miles [Reading–Taunton line] (east of Taunton) where it joins the Bristol to Exeter and Penzance line. Since 1906 it has served as the principal route from London Paddington to Devon [Taunton railway station] excursions. Originally opened on 1 July 1842 as part of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, Taunton was the terminus of the line until a new temporary terminus [Bristol and Exeter Railway] The Bristol & Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. It was built on the broad gauge and its engineer [Bristol–Exeter line] Main Line at Bristol Temple Meads to the Reading to Taunton Line at Taunton, Somerset. Passenger services are operated by Great Western Railway and CrossCountry [Bridgwater and Taunton Canal] taken by the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, but the canal was instead built as part of a plan to link Bristol to Taunton by waterway. The early years [West Somerset Railway] originally opened in 1862 between Taunton and Watchet. In 1874 it was extended from Watchet to Minehead by the Minehead Railway. Although just a single line [Highbridge and Burnham railway station] Highbridge and Burnham railway station is situated on the Bristol to Taunton Line within the town of Highbridge, Somerset, and also serves the neighbouring [Bristol Temple Meads railway station] the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, the Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway. To accommodate [Taunton] department store and The Castle Hotel. Taunton railway station is on the Bristol to Exeter line, the Reading to Taunton line, and the Cross Country Route.
 
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Bristol and Exeter Railway - Wikipedia
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