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Secret Somerset

Explore fascinating stories from Somerset.

Radio Somerset,76 episodes

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Sparkford's secret supercar garage
The garage is hidden away behind the Haynes Motor Museum.
31 Dec 2025,9 mins
127 years of The Langport Stores
John and Jason have owned The Langport Stores for 12 years but it first opened in 1898.
22 Dec 2025,5 mins
The Other Side
Billy the shadow man
There have been strange sounds, smells and sights at Shepton Mallet Prison gym.
12 Dec 2025,9 mins
The Other Side
What could be lurking in Wookey Hole Caves?
Amber and Neil share their joint experiences of Wookey Hole Caves.
28 Nov 2025,9 mins
The Other Side
The lifeguard that never left
The ghost of ‘Lofty’ is said to frequent Cleveland Pools.
10 Nov 2025,7 mins
The Other Side
A thing for blades
Ann and Jack from Ilchester talk about their frightening experiences at home.
31 Oct 2025,8 mins
The Other Side
The hanging prison that left a mark
Paul shares his painful but unexplained Shepton Mallet Prison experience.
30 Oct 2025,7 mins
The Other Side
The man on the landing
Hannah in Yeovil believes there's a ghost on her landing.
29 Oct 2025,8 mins
The Other Side
The pilot and the silk ladies
The tales of spirits that linger at Bath Theatrical Costume Hire in Frome.
28 Oct 2025,7 mins
The Other Side
The Holcombe house of the dead
Lis and Dave share paranormal experiences in their own home.
27 Oct 2025,7 mins
The witches of Shepton Mallet
Historical researcher Monica Newton presents ‘Witches Season’ at the prison.
17 Oct 2025,8 mins
Remembering the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
1. The journey begins at Bath Green Park
We begin in the Roman city and hear how a major terminus went from steam to shoppers.
05 Sep 2025,6 mins
Remembering the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
2. Entering Bath’s Two Tunnels
Discover the dark history behind the UK’s longest walking and cycling tunnel.
05 Sep 2025,7 mins
Remembering the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
3. Linking up Midford, Wellow and Shoscombe
As we continue down the line, hear why the railway was important to many small villages.
05 Sep 2025,9 mins
Remembering the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
4. The future of Midsomer Norton and Masbury
Explore an expanding heritage railway and a signal box you can stay in.
05 Sep 2025,9 mins
Remembering the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
5. Shepton Mallet to Evercreech Junction
We visit a once radioactive tunnel and reach the ‘Clapham Junction of the West’.
05 Sep 2025,8 mins
Remembering the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
6. The Friendly Line to Burnham-on-Sea
En route to the coast, we visit Glastonbury Festival’s Worthy Farm and Wells.
05 Sep 2025,9 mins
Remembering the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
7. The last train to Templecombe
We reminisce about 1966 and visit a railway using the original track bed in Templecombe.
05 Sep 2025,9 mins
Roman villa discovered on the outskirts of Langport
Archaeologists have uncovered a site which they think could date back to as early as 50AD.
29 Aug 2025,9 mins
The hidden tunnels beneath Frome
Robin Hill takes us down to the tunnel system underneath the old part of the town.
26 Aug 2025,9 mins
Britain’s only horse milk farmer
Frank Shellard who owns a farm in Combe Hill near Bath, sells milk from his 14 horses.
19 Aug 2025,10 mins
Exploring Frome’s Grade I listed Almshouse
The current Blue House in Frome was built in the 1700s but is in need of some repair.
31 Jul 2025,11 mins
Oliver Cromwell’s role in the Battle of Langport
The Parliamentarians beat the Royalists at the Battle of Langport in 1645.
11 Jul 2025,9 mins
Glastonbury’s Iron Age lake village
Remains from a 2000-year-old settlement on the Avalon Marshes are in the town's museum.
18 Jun 2025,9 mins
Inside Wells Cathedral’s ‘financial centre’
Guide Clive Edney takes us on a tour of the Treasury Block at the end of Vicars’ close.
16 Jun 2025,2 mins
The Exmoor Oral History Archive
Birdie Johnson recorded over 200 hours of archive around the turn of the century.
29 May 2025,10 mins
The forgotten canal tunnel closed for over 150 years
Simon Maggs takes us down into the Crimson Hill Tunnel running under his garden.
27 May 2025,7 mins
The mill in Bryan Adams’ music video is for sale
The old mill features in the music video for ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’.
16 May 2025,4 mins
Building Brunel’s lost railway
Yeovil Railway Centre's volunteers are trying to raise £100k pounds for the project.
17 Apr 2025,4 mins
Inside Hinkley Point B: The Tour
EDF's Shaheed Mungur takes Charlie Taylor on a tour of the nuclear power station.
15 Apr 2025,10 mins