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Portishead Beach (aka Kilkenny Bay or Woodhill Bay)
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 and a small park. On a clear day, you get some good views over to the south Wales coast. If you are looking for a sandy beach you will need to head down the coast to the likes of Weston-Super-Mare.
Although we list this beach as Portishead beach after the town it is also known as Kilkenny Bay or Woodhill Bay after the two bays that form this stretch of beach.
Facilities at the beach include a car park and also parking on the road, lido/open-air pool, cafes, toilets at the car park and Lido, either end of the beach.
Dog Friendly Beach?
We have no current information on dog restrictions for Portishead Beach.
Why not check other beaches nearby as we have 21 beaches in Somerset, or check our list of Somerset Dog Friendly Beaches.
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Portishead Beach, Esplanade Rd, Portishead, Somerset BS20 7HD, United Kingdom
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Clevedon Bay beach is a sand, pebble and rocky beach to the side of Clevedon pier. Facilities include parking, promenade, pier, shops, cafe, pubs.
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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).
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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.
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The Portishead Open Air Pool opened in April 1962 and is a 33m heated, typically 28 C, open-air pool and toddler pool. The pool has a cafe that offers a variety of drinks, snacks, ice creams, cakes, fruit, light meals and sweets. Our coffee and teas are all Fairtrade and where possible we source from local suppliers. Open from April
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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).
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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
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Clevedon Court an outstanding 14th-century manor house and 18th-century terraced garden. Managed by the National Trust.
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