IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
South Road, WATCHET, TA23 0HE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to South Road, TA23 0HE by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (154 Images Found)
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Woollam's Place, off South Road
2-bedroom townhouses in the Woollam's Place development. I'm a bit inclined to say this development doesn't blend particularly well with the rest of the town. (But perhaps that's the point, seeing as they are supposed to have some energy-saving features. Judge for yourself by taking a look at a view of the development on the corner of South Road and St. Decuman's Road. http://www.evenrange.com/assets/WoollamsBrochure.pdf )
I can just about remember Headmaster Alan Woollam after whom the development was named. Built on the site of the former Watchet Church Primary School. Almost opposite School Close, which was built on the former Watchet County Primary School. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1926978 I remember a high degree of cooperation between the schools. The Church School had a hall that could do shows, while County School had an open-air swimming pool that had been built by the parents.
Image: © Stephen Wilks
Taken: 28 Apr 2010
0.09 miles
2
Watchet's South Road/Woodlands Road area
With the Staple Plain area of the Quantock Hills on the skyline. Taken from the St. Decuman's Road to Parsonage Farm footpath. The light industrial units - on the other side of the field - are on the site of a former gasworks, whose gasholders were demolished some years back. I can remember South Wales coke being imported through Watchet Harbour, back in the early 1960s, to produce the gas at this site.
Image: © Stephen Wilks
Taken: 1 May 2010
0.09 miles
4
St. Decuman's Road
From the entrance gate of the old Downfield Hotel - now converted to apartments.
Image: © Stephen Wilks
Taken: 28 Apr 2010
0.11 miles
5
Liddymore Road, Watchet
A fish and chip shop, which has as near neighbours a supermarket and a cafe. Beyond, the road becomes residential.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 24 May 2010
0.11 miles
6
Tall building on St Decuman's Road
Possibly a former mill? It is now residential.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 28 Jun 2017
0.12 miles
7
School Close, off South Road
Built after the demolition of Watchet County Primary School. Almost opposite a fairly new housing development that replaced the former Watchet Church School.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1926984
Image: © Stephen Wilks
Taken: 28 Apr 2010
0.12 miles
8
Watchet masonic hall
Built just above the old town pound.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 10 Sep 2020
0.13 miles
9
Watchet pound
The old pound is no longer needed for its original purpose. It was also the site of the Court Baron - a local law office - of 1773. However, that doesn't stop it being a useful place today with a bench and a Georgian letterbox.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 10 Sep 2020
0.14 miles
10
A small pound
What is left of the old Watchet pound is now a small public space. Once it was a pretty isolated place on the hillsidew above the harbour but is now surrounded by modern development.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 10 Sep 2020
0.14 miles