Dunkerton Village Day – stand
Dunkerton Cricket Ground Church Lane, DunkertonCome and visit us at this village day and find out more about the Somersetshire Coal Canal Society. You can find out all about the history, learn about volunteering opportunities and become a member to support us in our mission to restore the canal.Location: Dunkerton Cricket Ground, Church Lane, Dunkerton BA2 8BN.From Bath take the […]
Annual General Meeting 2024
Paulton Village Hall Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, United KingdomCome and join us for an update on all of the work the society have been doing in the last year. The AGM is open to all members as well as the general public and will cover updates from:
Paulton Party in The Park – stand
Come and visit us at this village day and find out more about the Somersetshire Coal Canal Society. You can find out all about the history, learn about volunteering opportunities and become a member to support us in our mission to restore the canal.For further details please contact: events@coalcanal.org.uk
Hallatrow & High Littleton Village Day – stand
Come and visit us at this village day and find out more about the Somersetshire Coal Canal Society. You can find out all about the history, learn about volunteering opportunities and become a member to support us in our mission to restore the canal.For further details please contact: events@coalcanal.org.uk
The Severn Railway Bridge Disaster Social Evening with Paul Barnett
Paulton Village Hall Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, United KingdomThe 25th of October 1960 started like any other however by the end 5 men would be lost believed dead two vessels lay as smouldering wrecks and a bridge link to the Forest destroyed. This talk attempts to unravel the whys the hows and the what ifs of the loss of the Severn and Wye […]
Visit to Twinhoe Basin (southern branch of the SCC)
A guided walk from the former S&DJR station in Wellow along the route of the tramway to Twinhoe Basin. Jeremiah Cruse described it as "Twinny Bason" on his famous map. Some sections may be in water. No dogs allowed on this permissive path.Meeting location: car park in Wellow, Station Road, BA2 8QB. What3words pool.expired.unguarded
The Avon Wharf by Jim Pimpernell
Paulton Village Hall Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, United KingdomThe Avon & Gloucestershire Railway, better known as The Dramway, was a child of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company. The line opened in 1831 and ran from Mangotsfield to the banks of the Avon close to Keynsham. It provided the canal company with access to the north Bristol coal fields for the transport of […]
Talk – Research on the Somersetshire Coal Canal by Roger Halse
Paulton Village Hall, Farrington Rd, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7LW Farrington Rd, PaultonResearch on the Somersetshire Coal Canal by Roger Halse.Paulton Village Hall, Farrington Road, Paulton, BS39 7LW. Roger will be talking about the sources, maps and photographs with examples from his decades of researching the SCC.A fascinating evening guaranteed with Roger revealing aspects of the SCC of which many of us are unaware, no matter how […]
Walk – Dunkerton Pumping Engine site
Withyditch Baptist Church, 3 Withyditch Lane, Bath BA2 8AY 3 Withyditch Lane, BathA visit to the site of the former Dunkerton Pumping Engine site and the mill pond below which supplied it. Weather and ground conditions permitting we plan to walk to the site of Hill's Colliery.We are grateful to Robert Gardiner for granting permission to access these sections of farm land which have no public access. […]
Talk – The Weigh-House and its weighing machine plus the Caisson Lock
Paulton Village Hall, Farrington Rd, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7LW Farrington Rd, PaultonThe Weigh-House and its weighing machine by Roger Halse (SCCS Archivist), plus Robert Wheldon's Hydrostatick Caisson Lock, how it worked, the problems and locations by Derrick Hunt (SCCS Chairman).Roger & Derrick will talk about these two important features of the SCC. One made a major impact on the fortunes of the canal. The other nearly […]