Weston Super Mare

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About Weston-super-Mare

The Beach, Weston-super-Mare

The Beach, Weston-super-Mare

Weston-super-Mare (also referred to as Weston locally) is a popular seaside destination located on the Bristol Channel coast, 18 miles south west of Bristol, between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. The town’s attractions include the long and wide sandy beach created through the tidal range of the Bristol Channel, the newly opened Wheel of Weston and the town’s most famous landmark, the Grand Pier.

The pavilion at the end of the Grand Pier was completely destroyed by a fire in 2008 but work to rebuild the pavilion began in 2009 and the pier is has now re-opened.

The “T4 OnThe Beach” concert, hosted annually by Channel 4’s youth programme T4, is a recent addition to the town’s calendar of events and Weston-super-Mare is twinned with the town of Hildesheim in Germany.

History

Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare

Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare

  • Weston-super-Mare can be dated back to the Iron Ages as a camp and fort have been uncovered.
  • Early in the 19th century, Weston-super-Mare was a small windswept village of about 30 houses created as a sea wall to the Bristol Channel after flooding in 1607.
  • The opening of the railway in 1841 brought thousands of visitors to the town to enjoy the seaside from Bristol, the Midlands and further afield. The town’s properity is from the seaside holiday boom of Victorian times.
  • Weston-super-Mare built two piers the Birnbeck Pier and the Grand Pier to accommodate the number of visitors coming via the water and the railways. The Birnbeck Pier closed in the 1990s due to storm damage. The Grand Pier suffered badly in the fire of 2008 and has been redesigned to incorpoate a modern amusement arcade.  It has been voted in the top 10 of the Visit England Top Ten Free Attractions of 2009.

Facts

  • Population – 71,758 (2001)
  • Unitary Authority – North Somerset Council
  • Major Industries – Tourism
  • Post Town – WESTON-SUPER-MARE
  • Postcode District – BS22, BS23, BS24
  • Dialling Code – 01934
  • Police – Avon and Somerset Police
  • Fire – Avon Fire and Rescue Service
  • Ambulance – Great Western Ambulance Service

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Weston Wheel, Weston-super-Mare

Weston Wheel, Weston-super-Mare

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