A town council in Somerset has said it wants "transparency" over the decision to close a coastal route. Due to coastal erosion, the B3191 between Watchet and Blue Anchor has been closed since January ...

View of Watchet from the Parsonage Farm site -Credit:Daniel Mumby A major development on the Somerset coast will be too far from local services and lead to further congestion, according to transport ...

An agreement has been reached between Watchet Town Council and Avon and Somerset Police to secure use of the newly named ‘Watchet Harbour Police Post’ building, which is located (unsurprisingly), in ...

A coastal town could almost double in size if several major new housing developments are approved. Watchet, on the west Somerset coast, has seen significant interest from housing developers in recent ...

Sheila Nicholls, 101, said the situation was 'awful' and 'very unsafe' - Tom Wren/SWNS A 101-year-old woman was told by her council that the potholes on her road were her problem to fix. Residents in ...

Watchet is ancient. Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Civil War Royalists all made their mark on this north Somerset town, which proudly boasts “1,000 years of maritime history”. Its roots are in ...

Watchet Literary Festival returns this February half term with storytelling, poetry, author talks, workshops, and writing ...

One of the UK's oldest brass bands is on the hunt for a new conductor. Watchet Town Band formed in 1893 from the local militia and has been making music in Somerset ever since - it is now 131 years ...