Williton is a huge village as well as civil parish in Somerset, England, at the junction of the A39, A358 and also B3191 roads, on the shore 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Watchet between Minehead, Bridgwater and Taunton in the Somerset West and also Taunton district. Williton station gets on the West Somerset Railway line. Doniford Halt on the same line serves the nearby Haven Holiday centre. Williton is twinned with Neung-sur-Beuvron in the Loir-et-Cher département of France. Much of the centre of Williton dates from the later 19th century but Long Street includes several 17th-century houses, as do Bridge, Priest, Robert and Shutgate Streets. Farming has been the prime activity in the church while Williton village became a local government as well as public centre. Its importance boosted with the production of new interstate that today are the highways to the town. It is an important regional purchasing area and also from 1894 has actually been an administration centre. It had a workhouse for the district, which became the local healthcare facility until 1990 but has actually currently been exchanged real estate. In the 2001 census Williton parish had 1,163 man and 1,411 women residents living in 1,103 families, with 27% being over 65 years. Of all citizens, 62% explained their health as good.