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  • Dunkerton Village Day – stand

    Dunkerton Cricket Ground Church Lane, Dunkerton

    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 […]

  • Annual General Meeting

    Annual General Meeting 2024

    Paulton Village Hall Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Come 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 […]

  • Paulton Party In The Park

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Twinhoe Basin

    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. […]

  • The Avon Wharf by Jim Pimpernell

    Paulton Village Hall Farrington Road, Paulton, Bristol, United Kingdom

    The 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 […]

  • Plan of part of the Somersetshire Coal Canal from Timsbury Basin to the junction with the Kennet and Avon Canal.

    Talk – Research on the Somersetshire Coal Canal by Roger Halse

    Paulton Village Hall, Farrington Rd, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7LW Farrington Rd, Paulton

    Research 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 […]

  • Dunkerton Pumping Engines - Len Bampfylde c.1890

    Walk – Dunkerton Pumping Engine site

    Withyditch Baptist Church, 3 Withyditch Lane, Bath BA2 8AY 3 Withyditch Lane, Bath

    A 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 […]

  • Caisson Lock

    Talk – The Weigh-House and its weighing machine plus the Caisson Lock

    Paulton Village Hall, Farrington Rd, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7LW Farrington Rd, Paulton

    The 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 […]