Minehead — Local services in Great Britain

Minehead itself is really very nice. Coupled with a visit to Dunster and it's Castle and fudge shops make for an excellent day out or long weekend. We often go and especially enjoy the station when they have the days out with Thomas event. You can ride stream trains modelled on Thomas and his friends. Minehead has a lovely beach and great shopping and arcades with plenty of places to get food and drink. The only downside to the beach is the sea goes REALLY far out so try and catch the high tide. We've never really had an issue with parking but we get there quite early. There's beachfront parking as well as back Street...

This is the main station for the West Somerset railway, the longest preserved railway in England. It is a very well kept and equipped station. The shop has a large choice of gifts including railway items, model trains, clothing, books etc. The staff are very friendly and helpful. There are toilets and a very nice cafe. There is a paid carpark available right next to the station. The station and cafe are wheelchair accessible. You can purchase tickets here to ride all the way to the other end of the line at Bishops Lydeard on a preserved steam or diesel locomotive. I think it is well...

We had to explore this Station and marvel at the steam trains whilst on our visit to the centre of Minehead. It was great to see at least three different steam trains in good working order pulling carriages full of happy holiday makers up and down the coast here. We also saw at least one older style diesel train here.

The station is really furnished in the old style with plenty of relics from the past. There's also an open second hand book store, cafe and old fashioned, clean toilets.

A very nice place to visit. Pity we didn't really have time to...