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Taunton Rail Station

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highest 90m
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What's on the doorstep

Photo of Bridgwater and Taunton CanalBridgwater and Taunton CanalCanal · 0.2 mi (about 0.3 mi on foot)Photo of River ToneRiver ToneRiver · 0.2 mi (about 0.3 mi on foot)

Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off.

About Taunton Rail Station

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a minster church. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, owned by the Bishops of Winchester, which was rebuilt as Taunton Castle by the Normans in the 12th century. Parts of the inner ward house were turned into the Museum of Somerset and Somerset Military Museum. For the Second Cornish uprising of 1497, Perkin Warbeck brought an army of 6,000; most surrendered to Henry VII on 4 October 1497. On 20 June 1685, the Duke of Monmouth crowned himself King of England in Taunton in the failed Monmouth Rebellion. Judge Jeffreys led the Bloody Assizes in the Castle's Great Hall.

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Hills, trails and walks from the platform

Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off.

Orchard Wood124m3.6 mi (about 4.5 to 5 mi on foot)
Thorn Hill78m3.9 mi (about 5 to 5.5 mi on foot)
Broomfield Hill292m4.9 mi (about 6.5 to 7 mi on foot)
Cothelstone Hill332m5.1 mi (about 6.5 to 7.5 mi on foot)
Staple HillM316m5.5 mi (about 7 to 8 mi on foot)