Somerset and Dorset Railway MuseumTropiquaria ZooWatchet Boat MuseumWatchet Market House Museum
Contains relics from the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway which ran from Bath to Bournemouth with branchlines to Highbridge, Burnham on Sea, Wells and Bridgwater. All finally closing in 1966.
Explore the mass of exhibits, ponder on the old s ...
Tropiquaria is West Somerset’s own tropical house and adventure park. Set in a 1930s art-deco BBC transmitter hall they still take waste heat from a BBC transmitter to help keep their animals warm. In the hall there are a range of reptiles, some ...
In the museum can be seen many different types of flatner, plus nets and other items associated with their use. There are displays of maps, knotwork and boards showing the various uses of withy.
There are activities specially designed for children ...
Watchet Market House Museum was founded in 1978 by a band of far sighted volunteers who persuaded the Watchet Town Council and the Orchard Wyndham Estate to allow the former market house to become a museum of Watchet's history. It has developed since ...
