Trains to Cleeve Abbey

A treat of a way to get to Cleeve Abbey is on the beautiful West Somerset Steam Railway, which stops at Washford station, half a mile away from the abbey. The nearest mainline station is Taunton, almost fifteen miles away, with connections across the country to London, Leeds, Dundee, Plymouth, Exeter, Glasgow and Manchester Piccadilly.

The number 28 bus from Taunton station goes directly to the abbey and takes around one hour.

Ticket office

Ticket Machine	Available
Staff help	Unavailable
Staffing level	The staff is available at all times.
Oyster Prepay	Unavailable
Oyster topup	Unavailable
Oyster validator	Unavailable
Pre-purchase collection	Available

Luggage

Left Luggage	Unavailable
Left Luggage Website	https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Facilities

Shops	Unavailable
Postbox	Available
Telephones	Available
Telephone types	Cards and coins
Station Buffet	Available
Station Buffet notes	Starbucks on platform 5 and Dashi Cafe on platform 2. Vending machines also available.
ATM	Available
ATM notes	Station entrance
Bureau de Change	Unavailable
Tourist Information Office	Unavailable
Nearest station with more facilities	Step Free Category A Station - This station has step free access to all platforms via subway and the lifts

Toilets

Toilets	Available
Toilets notes	The toilets are located on Platforms 2 and 5. The National key toilets are operated by a RADAR key. The RADAR key is available from station staff upon request.
Showers	Unavailable
Baby change	Available

WiFi

WiFi	Available
WiFi notes	Connect to "GWR Free Station WiFi".
Web kiosk	Unavailable

Staffing and customer service

Staff Help notes	Meeting point: Gateline.
Customer Service notes	Please visit https://www.railhelp.co.uk/gwr/ for GWR Help & Support. Or contact our social media team @gwrhelp.
Customer help points	Available
CCTV	Available

Parking

Carpark name	Station Car Park
Carpark operator	APCOA Parking (UK) Limited
Car parking spaces	264

Bicycle Facilities

Cycle storage	Available
Cycle storage spaces	82
Sheltered cycle storage	Available
Cycle storage CCTV	Available
Cycle storage notes	Platforms 1 and 5
Cycle storage notes	There are stands available.

Accessibility

Step-free access	Step free access is available throughout the whole station.
Ramps for train access	Available
Wheelchairs	Available
Induction Loop	Available
Accessible ticket machines	Available
Accessible Booking Office counter	Unavailable
Accessible taxis	Accessible taxis are available at this station, please see below for more information
Accessible taxis notes	Taunton station is a major station with taxis usually available on a rank. Advance booking is not normally necessary or even possible, unless arriving early in the morning or late at night. Operators who may accept bookings include: A1 (01823 332211) or AAA (01823 257999) or ourtaxis (01823 333667).

First Class Lounge

About Cleeve Abbey

Somerset retreat still stands as it did all those centuries ago.

The large monastic dormitory is one of the most stunning examples left in the country, still with the monk’s window seat the perfect spot to look out across the Somerset countryside or up to the ornate tiles of the abbey’s 17th-century roof. Also still intact in various places around the grounds are floors of heraldic tiles that are even older, dating back to the 13th century, making the pavement tiles the most important to survive in Europe.

The vaulted refectory roof, made of majestic carved oak and intricately carved bosses, must not be missed, and nor should the great hall’s carved angels that adorn the beams from one end to another.

Head for the immaculate ancient cloister, enclosed on all four sides. It’s impossible not to breathe in the calm as you wander in the footsteps of monks from hundreds of years before. Be sure to pay a visit to the arched recess in the wall which once marked the abbot’s seat for daily reading.

Departures
Arrivals

Departing to	Train	Time	Platform	Status
to Gloucester	Great Western Railway	19:33	5	Late
to Plymouth	Great Western Railway	19:38	2	Late
to London Paddington	Great Western Railway	19:44	5	On time
to Penzance	Great Western Railway	19:48	2	On time
to Birmingham New Street	CrossCountry	20:04	5	Late

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Arriving from	Train	Time	Platform	Status
from London Paddington	Great Western Railway	19:37	2	Late
from Penzance	Great Western Railway	19:43	5	On time
from London Paddington	Great Western Railway	19:47	2	On time
from Exeter St Davids	Great Western Railway	20:01	5	On time
from Cardiff Central	Great Western Railway	20:01	2	On time

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Station details & facilities

Ticket office

Luggage

Facilities

Toilets

WiFi

Staffing and customer service

Parking

Bicycle Facilities

Accessibility

First Class Lounge

Departures and arrivals from Taunton

Departures

Arrivals

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