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The parish of Minehead has a population of approximately 10,330 making it the most populous town in the West Somerset local government district. This figure includes Alcombe, a suburban village which has been subsumed into Minehead.There is evidence of human occupation in the area since the Bronze and Iron Ages.

The Minehead Railway was itself absorbed into the GWR in 1897,which in turn was nationalised into British Railways in 1948.It was closed on 4 January 1971 but has since been reopened as the West Somerset Railway,which is notable for being the longest heritage railway in Britain.In Minehead, there are two first schools, one middle school and an upper school, West Somerset Community College, which provides education for 1298 students between the ages of 13 and 18. In 2006 there was debate about changing West Somerset's 3-tier school system to a 2-tier system to match the rest of Somerset and the majority of education authorities in the UK.The Anglican parish church of St.

Dating from 1628 and known as the Gibraltar Celler , it is now the Chapel of St Peter. Alcombe was incorporated into the Minehead parish in 1953; the Church of St Michael there was built in 1903. St.

The town's new sea defences were officially opened in 2001.Blenheim Gardens, which is Minehead’s largest park, was opened in 1925. The bandstand within the park is used to host musical events.Along with the rest of South West England, Minehead has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of England.

ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.262-6 although it had previously been held by à†lfgar, Earl of Mercia. William de Mohun of Dunster, 1st Earl of Somerset and his descendants administered the area from Dunster Castle, which was later sold to Sir George Luttrell and his family.There was a small port at Minehead by 1380, but it was not until 1420 that money given by Lady Margaret Luttrell enabled improvements to be made and a jetty built.

Blenheim Gardens, which is Minehead’s largest park, was opened in 1925.