Beyond Radstock on the B&NSR

Leaving Radstock behind this video I check out Old Welton, Old mills, Springfields and Farrington Colliery. This is just a brief look at some more Somerset coalfields as I explore the Bristol & North Somerset Railway line.
Information can be found in books "Through Countryside and Coalfield" and "Collieries of the Somerset and Bristol". Please subscribe and like its FREE , and our journey will continue further west on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway as we explore more coal fields in Somerset.
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[@philipareed]

That spoil heap looks like a black Silbury Hill. The shape is almost identical.

[@swipewrite]

Another great walk and visits to the collieries around Midsomer Norton. I have been following those via Google and the NLS Maps. However my concentration for the moment is on the Radstock mines and tramways. I had another visit on the 4th Nov. but while it was a beautiful day I was stopped from getting to Foxcote Colliery due to the field by the Footpath at Writhlington being too wet and boggy so another visit is required. However I covered the Inclines and coal depot of the Upper Writhlington tramway, the Mount Pleasant Coal Depot, Ludlow colliery site and walked the Kilmersdon incline and too and from the Colliery. A very enjoyable day of walking. My next outing, probably in the Spring now, will be to eventually get to Foxcote and then the Huish sites and hopefully the inclines of both Huish and the Upper Writhlington sites by the Bristol and North Somerset trackbed. I did get to both these sites but couldn't find a way to get onto the north side of the railway fencing. I found one spot but was stopped by the meeting of the farm and pallasade type fencing. I am getting through forming my web pages on my latest visit and to have ten up and running quite soon now. However, thanks for another great little video' I look forward to the next.

[@dodgydruid]

Would have taken very little to restore the old line from Frome to Radstock but nope, the property maggots and railway hating councils had to have their way and Radstock continues to wither like all the other towns along the old S&D :(

[@Towpathtraveller1693]

So true, I walked through the Radstock gwr area they have left an area for a single line station in housing estate, but it will never happen. There is no interest in doing it.

[@tommarsh9581]

Hi, liking the videos. I’m curious as to where you managed to find your old maps and pictures?

[@Towpathtraveller1693]

Google side by side maps , maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=5&lat=56.00000&lon=-4.00000&layers=1&right=BingHyb. The pictures are from the books in the description, thanks for watching stay safe

[@tx3851]

My entire ancestry going back to the beginning of the "bell pits". They worked in most the major North Somerset Coal Fields, for close on 300 years. I am a proud of all of them. Thankyou for keeping the memories alive.....Side note; locally spoil heaps were known as slag heaps.

[@Towpathtraveller1693]

Thanks for watching, it's amazing how vast the coalfields in Somerset were. In some books, they were called batches, others spoil heaps I was first pulled to the name slag heaps

[@lucytudor7502]

Great to see you discovering what is left of the coal mines and then showing us the. map and sometimes a photo to draw it all together. Great that you have done this. I have shared it onto the museum's FaceBook page.

[@Towpathtraveller1693]

Thank you so much,

[@tommarsh9581]

Hi, I’m liking the videos. Just wondering where you’ve managed to find the old maps and pictures?

[@Towpathtraveller1693]

side by side maps google search