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Interpretation Boards


The WC&P Railway Group is erecting Interpretation Boards along the route of the railway. So far five have been erected, listed below in geographic order from Portishead southwards. More will be installed as funds are available.

The Group has always had an objective of promoting an awareness of the heritage of the railway to the general public. Until we erected these boards there had been no signage of any description over the fourteen mile length of the railway to acknowledge that the railway ever existed.

Portishead:

This board, alongside Wyndham Way opposite the Old Mill pub (formerly White Lion), was installed on 23 June 2020 and funded jointly with Portishead in Bloom and Gordano Civic Society.


This replaced an original one which was installed in October 2013.


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Clevedon:

This board – erected alongside the Conservative (Constitutional) Club – was unveiled by Jemma Cooper, BBC local TV presenter, on Weds 11 June 2014. The board was part funded by a grant from Clevedon Town Council.

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Ebdon Lane area:


This board in the vicinity of Ebdon Lane was unveiled on Fri 14 Sept 2018 by WC&P Railway author Christopher Redwood. It was funded entirely by WC&P Railway Group.


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Worle:

This board at the site of Worle station was unveiled on Weds 21 October 2015 by Richard Wyatt, former local ITV presenter and Worle resident. This board was funded jointly with Worle History Society.


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Weston-super-Mare:

A new board, funded entirely by WC&P Railway Group, was erected on 6 Aug 2021, at the site of Ashcombe Road station. It replaced the original which was unveiled by John Penrose, MP on Friday 9 Dec 2011. This signage was part funded by Colonel Stephens Society.


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In addition to the board, permission was obtained from North Somerset Council in 2011 to erect signage to mark the route of the railway in this area, by naming the footpath/lane which runs along the old track bed as ‘Colonel Stephens Way’. One sign is at the Ashcombe Road end and one where the route meets Milton Avenue. These signs were installed at the same time as the original board.  



Clevedon-new3.jpg Clevedon board Worle-final-low-res.jpg Worle-1m.jpg Ebdon Lane area board Ebdon Lane area board Portishead-2nd-board-m.jpg Portishead board Colonel Stephens Way New board at Ashcombe Road, 2021 New board at Ashcombe Road, 2021