Brean Sands is a 7-mile long sandy beach at the mouth of the Bristol Channel. It stretches from the village of Berrow in the south up to the National Trust managed Brean Down headland to the North. Weston-Super-Mare is just two miles to the North and the area is popular with both holiday makers and day-trippers. Brean Sands is the location for one of Pontins most popular holiday parks and you can book your next holiday at Pontins at the lowest price guaranteed today by clicking on the latest Pontins Brean Sands Deal.
Brean Sands offers one of the longest stretches of open sands and sand dunes in Europe, it boasts the worlds second largest tidal range with the sea retreating 3/4 mile at low tide. Brean Sands is popular with walkers, dog owners and sports enthusiasts and is well signposted to keep you safely away from the mud flats at low tide. The beach is open all year round to dogs.
Access to the beach is easy with plenty of parking and public toilets with fresh drinking water. Ice-cream and Burger vans providing light refreshments in season and on good weather days.
Access to the beach is easy with plenty of parking and public toilets with fresh drinking water. Ice-cream and Burger vans providing light refreshments in season and on good weather days.
Map of Brean Sands
Sunset at Brean Sands
Getting to Brean Sands
Travelling to Brean Sands is easy with the M5 motorway serving Somerset close-by you can exit at junction 21 for Weston-Super-Mare or go onto junction 22 and exit for Burnham-on-Sea.
Travelling from Weston-Super-Mare: Although just 2 miles south as the crow flies from Weston-Super-Mare the road journey is extended because you need to go around the Brean Down headland. The Bridgwater/A370 is a 20 minute 9 mile journey.
Alternatively you can use the Brean Down Walk which is a cycle/footpath and will take you all the way from Weston-Super Mare to Brean Sands on level ground. The entire walk is 8 miles and you should allow about two and half hours. In the summer there is an excellent and regular bus service to the beach.
Travelling from the South you can exit the M5 at Junction 22 heading for Burnham-on-Sea and follow the road for 6 miles north to Brean Sands (15 minute drive).
History
The northern boundary of Brean Sands is formed by the natural headland of Brean Down which juts out into the mouth of the Bristol Channel. This magnificent headland stands 97 metres high and is well worth the walk up the easy stepped pathway to the top. From here you are rewarded with views across the Bristol Channel to Cardiff Bay and the Welsh hills and also across Somerset taking in both the Mendip and Quantock hill ranges with Exmoor beyond.
Brean Down is managed by the National Trust and has a rich history spanning back to 10,000 BC with evidence of the now extinct mammoths and woolly rhinos having been discovered here. Humans have lived here since the Stone Age, there is evidence of an Iron-Age hill fort on the eastern flank near Harry Cox's house with the banks and ditches still visible today. During the Roman occupation of Britain which started in AD 47 there was a Roman Temple built on the South side. More recently the Down was the site of an important Victorian hill fort known as Palmerston Fort built to defend against a possible French Napoleonic invasion. You can still wander through the preserved ruins of the Fort today.
For more information about exploring Brean Down visit the National Trust website here.
Brean Sands Holiday Parks
There are several well established holiday parks at Brean Sands the biggest of which is Pontins which has a large holiday complex located at the centre of the 7-mile long beach with access to the sea literally on your doorstep. The park offers great value self catering or half-board accommodation packages for families. There is a choice of apartment types and an on-site restaurant serving meals within a the parks own pub. You can stock up on food and essentials at the on-site mini supermarket and Pontins Pound shop.
The holiday resort features a swimming pool complex, crazy golf course and amusement arcade and evening entertainment is provided by live cabaret shows throughout the season.
You can book a holiday to stay at the Pontins Brean Sands resort direct at the guaranteed lowest price by clicking the button below and take advantage of a great Pontins deal.
Travelling to Brean Sands is easy with the M5 motorway serving Somerset close-by you can exit at junction 21 for Weston-Super-Mare or go onto junction 22 and exit for Burnham-on-Sea.
Travelling from Weston-Super-Mare: Although just 2 miles south as the crow flies from Weston-Super-Mare the road journey is extended because you need to go around the Brean Down headland. The Bridgwater/A370 is a 20 minute 9 mile journey.
Alternatively you can use the Brean Down Walk which is a cycle/footpath and will take you all the way from Weston-Super Mare to Brean Sands on level ground. The entire walk is 8 miles and you should allow about two and half hours. In the summer there is an excellent and regular bus service to the beach.
Travelling from the South you can exit the M5 at Junction 22 heading for Burnham-on-Sea and follow the road for 6 miles north to Brean Sands (15 minute drive).
History
The northern boundary of Brean Sands is formed by the natural headland of Brean Down which juts out into the mouth of the Bristol Channel. This magnificent headland stands 97 metres high and is well worth the walk up the easy stepped pathway to the top. From here you are rewarded with views across the Bristol Channel to Cardiff Bay and the Welsh hills and also across Somerset taking in both the Mendip and Quantock hill ranges with Exmoor beyond.
Brean Down is managed by the National Trust and has a rich history spanning back to 10,000 BC with evidence of the now extinct mammoths and woolly rhinos having been discovered here. Humans have lived here since the Stone Age, there is evidence of an Iron-Age hill fort on the eastern flank near Harry Cox's house with the banks and ditches still visible today. During the Roman occupation of Britain which started in AD 47 there was a Roman Temple built on the South side. More recently the Down was the site of an important Victorian hill fort known as Palmerston Fort built to defend against a possible French Napoleonic invasion. You can still wander through the preserved ruins of the Fort today.
For more information about exploring Brean Down visit the National Trust website here.
Brean Sands Holiday Parks
There are several well established holiday parks at Brean Sands the biggest of which is Pontins which has a large holiday complex located at the centre of the 7-mile long beach with access to the sea literally on your doorstep. The park offers great value self catering or half-board accommodation packages for families. There is a choice of apartment types and an on-site restaurant serving meals within a the parks own pub. You can stock up on food and essentials at the on-site mini supermarket and Pontins Pound shop.
The holiday resort features a swimming pool complex, crazy golf course and amusement arcade and evening entertainment is provided by live cabaret shows throughout the season.
You can book a holiday to stay at the Pontins Brean Sands resort direct at the guaranteed lowest price by clicking the button below and take advantage of a great Pontins deal.
Grade II listed wooden lighthouse built in 1832 at Burnham-on-Sea
