"Welcome ye friends of progress!"   The West Somerset Steam Railway Trust History • Education • Preservation   The Trust • The Sleeping Car • Heritage Carriages Project • The Museum • Publications • More... Welcome to the West Somerset Railway Market Place! A great new opportunity for local and national businesses to promote themselves to over 200,000 travellers who visit the West Somerset Railway every year and the many thousands more who visit West Somerset, Taunton Deane, Exmoor and the Quantocks. This site not only aims to help businesses in laying out their wares and services to all of these people, many of whom research their trips via the West Somerset Railway's various linked websites, but also will ultimately bring even more visitors to the area by raising funds for an exciting project to restore vintage era coaches for use on the steam railway The West Somerset Railway Market Place will help businesses reach new customers in an innovative and imaginative but low-cost medium. And the best bit is that ALL of the organisations who advertise on these pages are there because they have made a substantial donation to the Heritage Carriages Project - an exciting charitable scheme by the West Somerset Steam Railway Trust, to restore two trains of superb 1920’s and 30’s carriages for use on the West Somerset Railway – Britain’s longest steam railway. Please be sure to mention the West Somerset Railway Market Place when you contact a business listed on this site. See below for information about advertising on the West Somerset Railway Market Place... More about the West Somerset Railway Market Place What is the West Somerset Railway Market Place? It is a place for local and national busineses to lay out their wares and services for the world to see. Over 200,000 passengers travel on the West Somerset Railway every year. Many thousands more visit West Somerset, Taunton Deane,Exmoor and the Quantocks. The West Somerset Railway is one of Britain’s premier tourist railways and has friends and supporters all over the world. Many visitors look at the West Somerset Railway’s websites for details of train services, events and information on the railway. Those websites attract a daily audience of over 2,000 on-line visitors every day, equivalent to over 700,000 potential customers every year. How does it work? Your logo or banner can be added to the page. Each logo or banner is a standard 100 pixels by 75 pixels. You can supply contact details for your own website. A visitor to the West Somerset Railway Market Place then clicks on your logo or banner and will be taken to your website – simple! How much does it cost? It costs 2p per pixel. The standard size for a logo or banner is 100 pixels by 75 pixels so the fee for a year's worth of advertising is £150. This can be very effective as web users like to search sites like this for bargains! And how long will the logo remain in place? Normally, for one calendar year. Of course pitches can be renewed. Where does the revenue go? All the proceeds go straight to the Heritage Carriages Project. This is the West Somerset Railway’s exciting scheme to restore two trains of 1920’s and 30’s carriages for use on the line. Visitors to the West Somerset Railway Market Place will know that this is where your contribution has gone. It’s a great way to support the WSR whilst getting your goods or services advertised to a wide audience. What if I don’t have my own website? At a small additional cost we can design and host a page of information on your business which visitors to the West Somerset Railway Market Place would be taken to when clicking on your logo or banner. How do I buy space? Simply contact us by email at pixels@wssrt.co.uk with the details of your business, your website address and your logo or banner, and we will get back to you to get the ball rolling. The pages are "family friendly". Each pixel purchase is reviewed for content before becoming fully visible on the page. Reviews may take a few days to complete. The Trust reserve the right to reject any pixel purchase linked to "non family friendly" websites. If you have further questions, please email us.  © West Somerset Steam Railway Trust Tourism Accommodation Food and Drink Model Railways Railway Enthusiasts For the Ladies Make a donation... The Trust use PayPal for online donations. If you can make a donation please click this button.