Weston-Super-Mare is a seaside resort, located on the Bristol Channel coast. It is a long, sandy beach that has a large tidal range (which exposes mud flats at low tide). At the lowest tide, the water’s edge is about a mile from the seafront. That’s a long walk for rightbeach! There are many holiday and caravan parks within the area and so the beach is mostly populated by families.
In addition to the sand and sea, Weston has many traditional seaside occupations to offer: donkey rides (rightbeach kiddies loved them), the ‘Wheel at Weston’ (rightbeach went round and round and round and round and round and round and round…), sand sculptures (you have to pay to get in, you can’t even see them clearly from the wheel) and of course the newly opened Grand Pier. It is host to many amusements such as go-carts, dodgems, a 4-D cinema, laser maze…the list goes on and on! Great for eating up the teens’ pocket money.
Weston has lots of opportunities for cups of tea (rightbeach had a china mug on the beach!), fish and chips, candy floss, ice-cream, etc. There are also many beach front shops that sell postcards, kites, buckets, spades, kitchen sinks… all well positioned along the clean and tidy promendade (watch out for the cycle lane!)
rightbeach recommends Weston-Super-Mare for a day trip with all generations of the family. Lots of pushchair/wheelchair friendly slopes and plenty of toilets and ice-cream.
Beach blurb
- Tide and weather »
- Lifeguards: None
- Water quality: recommended
- Dogs: restrictions apply. There is a dog exercise area.
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Things to note to ensure your trip goes well:
- Do check the tide times as when the tide is at its lowest mud flats are revealed. This can mean a huge hike down to the water’s edge (rightbeach means nearly a mile!) only to be disappointed and covered in mud. Go at high tide. There’s plenty of sand left.
- It’s an open beach so windbreaks, tents or even pushchairs will keep the wind chill out and the sand off your food.
- Donkey rides were a real rightbeach hit. Donkeys seemed very well-kept, rotated often and had their own little chill out area away from pokey fingers. rightbeach children rode Jake and Granville, both of whom had a very placid plod and even temperament.
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Area
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Rating
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Observation
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| Beach |  |
Lovely clean sand but watch out for the sticky mud at very low tide. Beach is raked daily in the Summer. |
| Crowded (1=deserted) |
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It’s a busy beach but with plenty of space for all. Don’t go expecting to be all alone. |
| Surf | |
Sailing, wind surfing and jet skiing rather than surf boarding. |
| Sand | |
Coarse sand and mud flats at lowest tide. |
| Toilets | |
Toilets dotted along the promenade. Clean and serviceable when visited by rightbeach‘s specialist toilet team (children aged 1 and 4 + Grannie rightbeach) |
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| Food | |
Lots of cafes, ice-cream shops and pubs along the promenade. |
| Shopping | |
A full on town just behind the promenade so head up towards the station for high street stores and supermarkets (Tesco, ASDA and Waitrose) if that is what you are after. |
reviewed by rightbeach
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