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Weston Main

Photo of Weston Main, a swimming spot near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, south west England.

Weston Main

© Roy Hughes / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Roy Hughes / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Weston Main

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Weston Main is a designated estuary bathing water in Somerset with a sandy shore. The water was rated Poor when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. It is one of twelve bathing waters in the county.

For more of the same, Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway and Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay are close by. Weston-super-Mare Station is under a kilometre away.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Weston Main

Photo of Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare, a landmark in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare

Landmark near Weston-super-Mare

The great seaside pleasure pier reaching over the sands at Weston, its pavilion full of rides and arcades.

0.8 km N

Photo of the Mendip Hills, a National Landscape in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Mendip Hills

National Landscape near Cheddar

A limestone upland riddled with caves and gorges, an easy high point, and old lead-mining country on top

3.1 km SE

Photo: Brean Down, a viewpoint near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Brean Down

Viewpoint near Weston-super-Mare

A dramatic limestone headland striding out into the sea near Weston, topped by downland, a Victorian fort and huge Channel views.

3.6 km SW

Photo of Steep Holm, an island in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Steep Holm

Island near Penarth

Steep limestone island in the Bristol Channel with Victorian gun batteries, medieval priory remains, wild peonies and gull colonies

8.4 km W

Photo: Crook Peak, a viewpoint near Axbridge in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Crook Peak

Viewpoint near Axbridge

A rocky limestone summit at the western tip of the Mendips, its bare crown giving sweeping views over the Levels to the sea.

8.7 km SE

Photo of Flat Holm, an island in Cardiff, south east Wales.Highlight

Flat Holm

Island near Penarth

Bristol Channel island where Marconi sent the first radio signals over open sea, with Victorian gun batteries and a lighthouse

10.2 km NW