All that’s left of Wells terminus...
THE beautiful cathedral city of Wells also suffered from the annihilation of its railway heritage following the closure of two lines that served it.
It was served by two companies: the GWR, which had its Tucker Street station, and the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, which had Priory Road station as the terminus of its short branch from Glastonbury.
The GWR station closed on September 9, 1963, and was flattened soon afterwards. The goods shed remains as commercial premises, and a row of five houses built for the staff are still standing.
However, all that remains of the S&D terminus are these eight prefabricated concrete fence panels and posts (pictured above), that formed part of the eastern boundary of Priory Road station.
Somerset reader John Yeo wrote: “It is likely that these will be removed in due course as a retail development takes shape behind, as evidenced by the blue hoarding.”