IMPORTANT> Cache is accessed from a footpath outside of the Station.
If you are lucky you will have a great view of a Loco being turned on the turntable when at GZ.
This cache is one of a series of caches at stations on the West Somerset Railway. Total in series =10.(GC759AW :Watchet is a different CO)
History of Minehead Station
Minehead is another town which grew rapidly as seaside holidays mushroomed in popularity, and particulary benefitted when the original West Somerset Railway extended into Minehead in 1874 from Watchet.
The Railway Station grew from being a small seaside terminal and its final stage of development took place in 1933 when the platform reached its present length of a quarter of a mile. The Signal box at the Station throat once saw service at Dunster, but was moved to Minehead as traffic grew in the early years of the "preservation era”. There was once a loco shed, but this was demolished by British Rail when steam finished on the national network. Today the former goods shed has been converted and extended to house the West Somerset Railway Locomotive Department’s workshops and facilities. The station building currently is home to the Railway’s administrative offices.
Pay and Display Parking next to the cache. Refreshments are available at the station.
Please ensure the cache is put back in the same place, due to the high level of muggle activity.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO ON TO OR CROSS THE RAILWAY LINE TO ACCESS THIS CACHE, PLEASE DO NOT TRESPASS ON THE RAILWAY LINE.