Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish and electoral ward in the county of Somerset, England, with a population in 2011 of 3,785. It is situated 15 miles (24 km) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Taunton, and 9 miles (14 km) east of Minehead. The town lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and on the edge of Exmoor National Park.
View overlooking Watchet
View along Swain Street, Watchet
Wansbrough Paper Mill
Commercial shipping in the harbour in 1973
Somerset is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east and the north-east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Bath, and the county town is Taunton.
Image: Somerset Levels from Glastonbury Tor (27941775545) (cropped)
Image: St Mary the Virgin, Bruton, Somerset
Image: Puente Pulteney, Bath, Inglaterra, 2014 08 12, DD 51
Palladian Pulteney Bridge at Bath