Burnham On Sea

Hi Mike

Not sure if of interest and depends on how far you wish to travel but here's a few:

Burnham pier and wooden lighthouse.
Weston super mare pier.
Berrow, ruins of an old shipwreck here although not much left.
Ashton windmill.
Cheddar gorge.
Axbridge is quite picturesque.
Meare fish house
Glastonbury Tor.
Wells Cathedral.
Burrow mump old church on hill.

Burnham on sea, my second home as I have a caravan there, one place to take pics is brean down takes a while to get up there if you have heart trouble forget it. Once at the top walk down towards the sea their is a bit of history down their. The wooden lighthouse is a must exspecilly when the sun goes down, on sundays a steam train comes through burnham at ten mins past ten find the line its a mile before burnham just past home farm caravan site, have a good holiday.

Regards Dave

Most of my folks live in and around Burnham.

In addition to the above recommendations, have a walk up Brent Knoll (5 mins drive from Burnham). It is the large hillock just north of the town. There are great views from up there across the channel to Wales, north towards Weston, east across the Mendip hills towards Chedder and Wells (a second vote for the cathedral by the way), south towards the Quantock hills and straight up on starry nights with lttle light pollution for views of the stars.

The Red Cow pub in Brent Knoll village at the base of the Knoll has good food and beer.

The Quantock hills and Exmoor just west of Taunton, heading out towards Minehead are great for walking and are picturesque; the north Somerset coast west of Watchet is fab for long beaches, sea views, fossil hunting by the cliffs etc. The best way to see all of this is to take the West Somerset Railway from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead (40 mins drive to Bishops Lydeard from Burnham).

Enjoy the hols.

Last time i was in that area, I stumbled across sand yacht racing on the beach at Brean on a Sunday morning.