When it comes to traditional seaside holidays the string of resorts running all the way down the Somerset coast has everything you need. Weston-super-Mare is the biggest, and also one of the oldest. There are cafes, pubs and restaurants where you can sit outside and watch the world go by. If that […]
Yearly archives: 2019
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Many Somerset towns and villages have connections with King Alfred and Wedmore’s is that it was left to his son Edward The Elder. Among Wedmore’s other claims to fame is its creation of the Turnip Prize for bad art which is awarded on the same day as the better known […]
“The most beautiful pier in England” Sir John Betjeman. Clevedon Pier is England’s only Grade 1 listed pier and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2019 and in 2021 has named “Pier of the Year” for the third time. Clevedon Pier was opened in 1869 to receive paddle steamer passengers from Devon […]