GRID REFERENCE: ST424660 (start of trial at Yatton station car park).

SIZE: The distance from Yatton to Cheddar is approximately 10.5 miles.

OWNERSHIP: North Somerset Council.

MANAGEMENT: YACWAG, Natural England and North Somerset Council.

PUBLIC ACCESS: Start and end of trail at the far end or Yatton Station car park. Next access point in Yatton is at Biddle Street, which becomes Chescombe Road leading to High Street. There is a public footpath which links the line to Mendip Road alongside the allotments, but this may entail walking through a field of cows. At the Congresbury end the line intersects with the Weston Road (A370).

HISTORY: The Cheddar Valley railway line used to run from Yatton to a village beyond Cheddar called Witham. It’s commonly known as The Strawberry Line due to the large volume of locally grown strawberries which were transported on the old branch line to the mainline station of Yatton where the produce could be distributed nationally.

The northern end of the railway line linking Congresbury to Yatton was built from 1867 onwards. Due to the low lying marshy environment the trackbed was raised to form an embankment. This was partly made of local clay that was dug from pits along the route. Much of the workforce were Irish labourers known as "navvies" (navigators). These days the pits have become deep ponds and are important wildlife habitats.