Reopening Cullompton and Wellington stations (merged topic)

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[TonyK]

The station site quite close to a little-known listed bridge (the context of which suffers as the approach has been used as a tip) and also a very distinctive section of the Grand Western Canal, whose remains have somehow survived. Also, no teenager who encounters the minor road approach to Nynehead village from the east will be unchanged by the experience.

Mark


https://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/40949

The Grand Western Canal is a mere 5 minute stroll from my front door, although not that bit of it, of which I was unaware. My wife has walked the whole length of the navigable part, which ends at Lowdwells Loch, about 4½ miles from the proposed station site. The Canal is a country park, and the jewel in Mid-Devon's slightly tarnished crown. It's a shame that the bit at the end has suffered so, when it is so close to meeting the River Tone.