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The Bristol and Exeter Railway arrived in Weston-super-Mare on 14 June 1841. This was not the route that serves today's Weston-super-Mare railway station, but rather a single-track branch line from Weston Junction, midway between the present day Worle and Uphill junctions, which terminated at a small station in Regent Street close to the High ...
It is a predominantly quiet residential area of North Somerset, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south east of the town of Weston-super-Mare. As well as a pub and church the village has a village hall, school (Locking Primary School), a small shop and post office, a hairdressers, a Chinese takeaway, a pet care shop, florist, pharmacy, cafe and petrol service ...
A Worle Station was opened on the new Weston Loop Line on 1 March 1884, after which the station was renamed Puxton. Following the closure of Worle, the station at St Georges became "Puxton and Worle" on 2 January 1922. It closed on 6 April 1964. The Worle railway station opened 24 September 1990 a short distance from the village.
Herbert, who had mental health issues, was restrained and left wearing a winter coat alone in a hot police van during a 45-minute drive on a hot summer evening. At the police station, Herbert was unresponsive and was put naked into a police cell instead of being taken to hospital. Herbert went into cardiac arrest, and subsequently died.
A new terminal station was opened in 1914 to deal with excursion traffic, being known as Locking Road station, while the main station was known as Weston-super-Mare General. [4] In the 1950s as many as 30,000 excursionists could arrive at the station on a sunny bank holiday. Most came on trains from the Bristol area but some would travel further.
Weston General Hospital is at the west end of the village adjacent to the A370 road. The old road to Weston-super-Mare runs northwards past Uphill Manor (which is known locally as Uphill Castle). [15] The Mendip Way long-distance footpath has its western trailhead at Uphill near the wharf.
Avon and Somerset Police immediately set up an incident room at Weston-super-Mare police station and a mobile headquarters at Worlebury Hill. A task force of approximately 120 officers were assigned to the case and carried out an examination of the murder scene, [ 8 ] while house-to-house enquiries and vehicle checks were made in the ...
Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon. [7] Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Long Ashton Rural District. [8] The village falls within the 'Wraxall and Long Ashton' electoral ward.