Advertisement
Clevedon pier
Clevedon Pier is a seaside pier on the English side of the Severn Estuary. The landing stage at the end of the pier is occasionally used by ships and is a popular spot for angling. There is a cafe at the pierhead, and a souvenir shop at the toll house.
Clevedon Pier was opened on 29 March 1869, partially constructed from Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s second-hand railway lines, 225 metres (738 ft) long and 14.5 metres (48 ft) tall. The tidal range at this part of the estuary can reach 14 metres (46 ft) and the landing stage at the end of the pier has several levels to allow boats to dock at all stages of the tide. The paddle steamer Waverley first visited the pier to take on passengers in 1886. In 1893 the pier head was replaced in cast iron with a new timber landing stage, and the pier head pavilion was completed in 1894. The Toll House on the pier and the adjacent Royal Pier Hotel were both designed by local architect Hans Price.
In 1899, 20 feet (6 m) of the decking was washed away by a storm. In 1910, part of the landing stage was damaged in another storm and replaced by a concrete landing stage in 1913. On 17 October 1970, spans 7 and 8 of the pier collapsed during stress testing, which had been introduced in the 1950s to obtain insurance cover, where long polythene tanks resting on the pier were filled with water, to create a pressure of 50 p.s.i. (2.4 kPa).
In 1998 the Pier restoration was finished and it was re-opened to the public.
Visit Clevedon pier
Clevedon pier, Clevedon, Clevedon, Somerset , United Kingdom
No Records Found
Sorry, no records were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again.
Maps failed to load
Sorry, unable to load the Maps API.
(Get directions)
7 Day Weather Forecast
Clevedon weather forecast from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK
You may also like ...
In this 'you may also like' section we attempt to answer what else can I do? Here you have a list by order of being the closest some more beaches, things to see and do, accommodation, places to eat and upcoming events.
Where to stay ...
Booking.com
Beach: Clevedon beach View: Located just behind the beach at Clevedon, with a view over the old Victorian seaside resort. What’s on the menu?: Light lunches, hearty soups, Sunday lunches, daily specials, homemade cakes and pastries
Read more…
Beach: Portishead beach View: Located next to Portishead’s open-air pool and overlooking the small windswept beach at across the Bristol Channel. What’s on the menu?: A contemporary restaurant serving classic brasserie dishes, modern British cuisine and tapas. Stop off as well for afternoon tea and taste their delicious homemade cakes.
Read more…
Beach: Brean Down beach View: Visit the National Trust area of Brean Down, with spectacular views over the Bristol Channel. The café is at the foot of the Down, just behind the beach. What’s on the menu?: Snack and light bites, drinks and refreshments. National Trust shop also attached.
Read more…
each: Brean beach View: Located on the sandunes, just a stone’s throw from the beach in Brean. What’s on the menu?: Snacks, light meals, cakes, ice-creams, hot and cold drinks – all freshly prepared. Fully licensed bar.
Read more…
Clevedon Bay beach is a sand, pebble and rocky beach to the side of Clevedon pier. Facilities include parking, promenade, pier, shops, cafe, pubs.
Read more…
Portishead beach is located on the north Somerset coast within the Severn Estuary and is one of the closest beaches to Bristol at just 5 miles. The beach is an estuary beach and so you don’t really get sand, much more mud and rocky beach backed by some grass and salt marsh, adjacent to the beach is a 100-year-old artificial lake
Read more…
Middle Hope beach is a small remote sandy beach to the East of Sand Point. No facilities, access is on foot from either Sand Point car park (has toilets) or Kewstoke (full range of shops and places to eat).
Read more…
Sand Bay is a remote sand and shingle beach to the north of a Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset. The beach is backed by grass covered sand dunes and a road. Facilities include parking, cafe, toilets and a number of holiday and caravan parks.
Read more…
Clevedon Marine Lake is a 15,000m2 seawater tidal pool of which two-thirds is less than 5ft deep, is open to swimmers, paddle-boarders and kayakers. You don’t need to book and the lake has great disabled access with a wide smooth path around the lake. The closest parking is at Salthouse Fields pay & display car park. No dogs, motorised craft, fishing
Read more…
Clevedon Court an outstanding 14th-century manor house and 18th-century terraced garden. Managed by the National Trust.
Read more…
Blacknore Point lighthouse was built by Trinity House to assist shipping moving into and out to the docks at Avonmouth. Blacknore Point Lighthouse was built by Trinity House to assist shipping moving into and out to the docks at Avonmouth on the river Severn north-west of Bristol. The Lighthouse was built in 1894 and converted to automatic electric operation in
Read more…
Portishead Point Lighthouse is also known as Battery Point Lighthouse after Battery Point where it stands. The lighthouse was built in 1930’s and is a black metal pyramid on a concrete base with a height of 9 meters (30 feet).
Read more…
