The Cheddar Valley line was a railway line in Somerset, England, running between Yatton and Witham. It was opened in parts: the first section connecting Shepton Mallet to Witham, later extended to Wells, was built by the East Somerset Railway from 1858. Later the Bristol and Exeter Railway built their branch line from Yatton to Wells, but the two lines were prevented for a time from joining up. Eventually the gap was closed, and the line became a simple through line, operated by the Great Western Railway.
Cheddar Valley line train in the bay platform at Witham
The former Priory Road station at Wells
The former Wells Tucker Street goods shed
The former Cheddar station goods shed
Yatton is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located 11 miles (18Â km) south-west of Bristol. Its population in 2011 was 7,552. The parish includes Claverham, a small village which was originally a farming hamlet.
Church of St Mary
Yatton railway station
Train waits at Yatton station to depart to Clevedon on 31 August 1962.
Yatton Parish War Memorial