Midsomer Norton is a coalfield town, and the care home joins a number of places around it that already have a miner standing: the town centre, the railway station, Mardons Club and Norton Hill.
The Somerset Miners Welfare Trust unveiled another metal miner on 4 September 2026, this one at Somer Valley Care Home on Silver Street.
Midsomer Norton is a coalfield town, and the care home joins a number of places around it that already have a miner standing: the town centre, the railway station, Mardons Club and Norton Hill.
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