Places

King John’s Hunting Lodge, restored early Tudor (c.1500) Wool-merchant’s house. Includes local history museum. Managed by the National Trust. Read more…

The Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset has an indoor pleasure park on the pier. Having been twice destroyed Read more…

Middle Hope beach is a small remote sandy beach to the East of Sand Point. No facilities, access is on Read more…

Birnbeck Pier is unusual in that it links the mainland with Birnbeck Island, a 1.2 hectares (12,000 m2) rocky island. Read more…

The International Helicopter Museum features a collection of more than 80 military and civilian helicopters housed on a former RAF Read more…

Brean Down headland just to the south of Weston-super-Mare is a spectacular 97m high outcrop extending 2km into the Bristol Channel Read more…

Brean Down Beach is a superb stretch of beach with firm sand and views of Brean Down. At low tide, Read more…

Marine Lake is a small cove at the approach to Knightstone Island, offering a safe location for families with small children. Read more…

Weston-super-Mare lifeboat station was established in 1882 and operates two inshore lifeboats. Station is generally not open to the public Read more…

Mendip Hills – gorges, distinctive peaks and ancient woodland rising above the Somerset Levels. Views towards the Quantocks and Bristol Read more…

Weston-Super-Mare beach is long and sandy beach that has a very large tidal range of nearly 15 metres, the second Read more…

Uphill Slipway beach is in the village of Uphill at the south end of the long Weston-super-Mare beach. Popular beach Read more…