Butlin’s Minehead
Butlins Resort Minehead is a holiday camp operated by Butlins, located in Minehead in Somerset, England. It opened in 1962 and remains in use today. It was known as Butlin's Minehead until 1987, and as Somerwest World from then until 1999, when it reopened as Butlins Minehead Resort.Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: holiday resort in Minehead, Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Butlins Minehead”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Minehead railway station and Brewers Fayre Minehead.
Minehead railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Minehead railway station is situated in Minehead, Somerset, England. First opened in 1874 as the terminus and headquarters of the Minehead Railway, it was closed by British Rail early in 1971. Minehead railway station is situated 3,100 feet west of Butlin’s Minehead.
Brewers Fayre Minehead
Pub
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brewers Fayre Minehead is a pub, which is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Butlin’s Minehead.
Dunster railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunster railway station is near Dunster, Somerset, England and is on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway. Dunster railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Butlin’s Minehead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunster and Carhampton.
Dunster
Village
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel 2.5 miles southeast of Minehead and 20 miles northwest of Taunton.
Carhampton
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865. Carhampton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Butlin’s Minehead.
Blue Anchor
Village
Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blue Anchor is a seaside village, in the parish of Old Cleeve, close to Carhampton in Somerset, England. The village takes its name from a 17th-century inn; the bay, Blue Anchor Bay, was previously known as Cleeve Bay. Blue Anchor is situated 3 miles southeast of Butlin’s Minehead.
Butlin’s Minehead
- Categories: holiday camp and tourism
- Location: Minehead, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.20357° or 51° 12′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.45508° or 3° 27′ 18″ westOperator
Bourne Leisure Holdings LtdOpen location code
9C3R6G3V+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 150035054OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5002723
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