In the 1970s a bypass was built on the edge of the village, along the same route as the A12 and the nearby railway line.

A railway engineer by the name of Steven Williams was building the nearby railway line and took an interest in the ruins of the church.

Huge grass covered munitions factories were built and serviced by the nearby railway lines.

Lochgreen Junction was once located on the nearby railway line.

A system of tramways was built to connect it with the Manchester Ship Canal and a nearby railway line.

This allowed the tracks to pass underneath nearby railway lines without disturbing them during construction.

Most of the timber was made into rafts and floated over to the nearby railway line at Bertwn.

The accident caused a landslip that led to the temporary closure of the nearby Bristol to Portishead railway line.

Many pubs take their names from the company which once owned a nearby railway line, canal or navigation.

Numerous smaller tertiary roads run either from the highway or to the nearby national railway line.