Brean Down
Brean Down is a promontory off the coast of Somerset, England, standing 318 feet high and extending 1+1⁄2 miles into the Bristol Channel at the eastern end of Bridgwater Bay between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea.Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Church of St Nicholas and Tropicana.
Old Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Church of St Nicholas at Uphill, Somerset, England, is described as 'Norman' but was remodelled in later Middle Ages. Regular services ceased in 1846.
Tropicana
Arts center
The Tropicana, known prior to 1983 as simply 'The Pool' is a former lido located in the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel coast, on the southern section of the seafront.
St Bridget’s Church, Brean
Church
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
St Bridget's Church, Brean is the Church of England parish church of the village of Brean in Somerset, England. The parish is part of a benefice with the Parish Church of St Mary, Berrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weston-super-Mare and Uphill.
Weston-super-Mare
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weston-super-Mare is a typical English seaside resort on the shore of the Bristol Channel, in the county of Somerset, approximately 25 mi south-west of Bristol, 35 miles west of Bath and 20 miles north of Bridgwater.
Uphill
Village
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Uphill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston-super-Mare, in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast.
Bleadon
Hamlet
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bleadon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is about 4 miles south of Weston-super-Mare and, according to the 2021 census, has a population of 1,149.
Brean Down
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 322 feet
- Description: promontory in Somerset, England
- Categories: headland, hill, and landform
- Location: Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.3257° or 51° 19′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.0275° or 3° 1′ 39″ westElevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
9C3R8XGC+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 351910317OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q3403788
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Brean Down” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brean Down”
- Dutch: “Brean Down”
- French: “Brean Down”
- German: “Brean Down”
- Italian: “Brean Down”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brean Down”
- Swedish: “Brean Down”
- Welsh: “Brean Down”
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