Clevedon
Clevedon is a seaside town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England.
It lies along the Severn Estuary, among small hills that include Church Hill, Wain's Hill, Dial Hill, Strawberry Hill, Castle Hill, Hangstone Hill and Court Hill, a Site of Special Scientific Interest with overlaid Pleistocene deposits. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Clevedon grew in the Victorian period as a seaside resort, and had a population of 21,398 at the 2021 census.
Getting to Clevedon
By Motorway, Junction 20 of the M5 The nearest railway station is Yatton on the Bristol to Exeter line, served by Great Western Railway.
Worth seeing
The seafront runs about half a mile from the pier to Salthouse Field, with ornamental gardens, a Victorian bandstand, a bowling green, tennis courts, crazy golf and other amusements. Marine Lake, once a Victorian swimming pool, is used for boating and for a small festival once a year where people can try out new sports. Salthouse Field has a light railway round its perimeter and is used for summer donkey rides.
- 01Clevedon Pier
The Toll House, The Beach, BS21 7QU, fax: +44 1275 790077, enquiries@clevedonpier.com.
- 02Clevedon Court
Tickenham Road, BS21 6QU, clevedoncourt@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Things to do
The shore at Clevedon marries pebbled beaches and low rocky cliffs, with the old harbour at the western edge of the town, at the mouth of the Land Yeo river. The rocky beach has been designated as Clevedon Shore geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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