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Railway Walks & Explorations A rough, illustrated, guide to the former Glastonbury Canal and the Somerset & Dorset Railway - and what they look like today. By clicking the icon in the top left of the map window, you can select/deselect other options to view or click the icon top right to view full screen. The Flickr photos for this map are also viewable at https://www.flickr.com/photos/deuchars/albums/72157687842936640

The railway route is shown in orange and the canal in blue . The routes of the canal and railway are alongside each other for the most part because, as in so many cases, the railway took over a former canal company. In this case however, the new railway was built alongside the waterway - because the latter was largely still required as a drain - a function it fulfills to this day. I have found a number of websites with more information on the railway and canal and their history. The following are just samples. Follow these links for further information:- All links should open in a new tab. For a historic map of the route, follow this link and then adjust the transparency on the slider scale to view the present day appearance: Click Here for Historic Map The best starting point is probably this wikipedia entry for the canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Canal or this for the railway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway#History