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    Weston, Clevedon & Portishead station to be rebuilt for cycleway

    Jan 14, 2020 3 minutes
    By Robin Jones
    ROBIN JONES
    PETER STRANGE
    ROBIN JONES
    JOHN THORN/CREATIVE COMMONS
    COLONEL STEPHENS MUSEUM

    A STATION on the legendary Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway (WCP) is to be replicated as part of £2.45 million plans to turn part of the trackbed into a cyclepath and walkway, as the realisation of a 40-year dream.

    A replica of the former Wick St Lawrence Halt is set to be built as part of North Somerset Council’s scheme to establish a ‘pier to pier’ cycle

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