Minehead
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Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, 21 miles north-west of the county town of Taunton, 12 miles from the boundary with t
View over Minehead from the west, 2009
Minehead, View from Quay, watercolour on paper by Harry Frier in 1901
Statue of Queen Anne in Wellington Square
Town Council's offices, 3 Summerland Road
South West Coast Path
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The South West Coast Path is England's second-longest waymarked long-distance footpath, after the King Charles III England Coast Path, and is designated as a National Trail. It stretches for 630 miles
Minehead
…the streets for four days on the eve of the first of May each year, with accompanying musicians and rival horses. The town is the starting point of the South West Coast Path National Trail, the nation's longest long-distance countryside walking trail. The Minehead Railway, which opened in 1874 and closed in 1971, has since…
The starting point at Minehead
South West Coast Path, stone sign near Studland
Sculpture at the start of the path in Minehead
The South West Coast Path passes along the cliffs (seen in the distance) at Ilfracombe, North Devon. The highest point in this view is Hillsborough (447 feet, 136 metres). Part of Ilfracombe is seen on the right.