Brean Magnets

Brean Sands Number of views as of 8th March 2018 = 575. Brean Sands is a 7 mile stretch of beach between Brean Down (south of Weston-Super-Mare) and Burnham-on-Sea, in the county of Somerset, England. The sands are popular with holiday makers and the village of Brean (pronounced Bree-an by the locals) has a population of just over 2,000 people, but this swells to 20 times that in peak periods as visitors arrive with their tents and caravans. Cars are allowed to park on the beach, but bathers must beware as the sand gives way to the soft mud of the Bristol Channel at low tide. Date: 23rd May 2015. Click here to view my Somerset collection.

Brean Down Fort Number of views as of 11th September 2017 = 320. Constructed in the 1860s, Brean Down Fort (Somerset, England) is one of the 'Palmerston Forts', a series of fortifications built across the Bristol Channel to protect the approaches to Bristol and Cardiff. Although staffed by 50 officers and men of the Royal Artillery, the fort never saw active service. The fort was decommissioned in 1900 following an explosion in a gunpowder store, when a certain Gunner Haines fired a cartridge down a ventilation shaft in an apparent suicide attempt. Part of the fort was demolished and debris was blown over 200 metres around. The fort was re-armed during World War Two as a coastal artillery battery and was also used as a test site for laun...

Brean Down, Steep Holm & Flat Holm Number of views as of 18th January 2018 = 440. Brean Down, between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea (Somerset, England) is a great place for 360 degree views of the Bristol Channel, the Somerset Levels, the Mendip and Quantock Hills and South Wales. This shot includes the islands of Steep Holm (left) and Flat Holm, with the South Wales coast on the horizon. The trees that survive life on Brean Down have to be hardy, and some grow almost horizontally, bowed by the prevailing westerly winds. Steep Holm island (or in the Welsh language: Ynys Rhonech) is a nature reserve and SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and lies 5 miles off the Somerset coast. Geologically, it is an extension of the Mendip...

Brean Down, St Nicholas Church & Marine Lake, Uphill Number of views as of 30th May 2018 = 580. This pic shows Brean Down (top left), St Nicholas Church (top right) and the Marine Lake camp site at Uphill, near Weston-super-Mare (Somerset, England). Beyond lies the Bristol Channel and the South Wales coast. Date: 26th May 2015. Click here to view my Somerset collection.

Brean Sands Somerset, a travel poster design

This image was taken from Weston-super-Mare looking towards Brean Down, Somerset, a promontory that sticks out into the Bristol channel between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea. This monochrome image has a drawing effect added.

I spread love like how I spread Nutella and peanut butter.

Brean Down is a unique headland, it has mountain goats which are specific to the area and is a great nature walk.

Sunset on the Levels Number of views as of 27th June 2018 = 500. The sun sets over farmland on the Somerset Levels between the villages of Lympsham and Brean, near Weston-super-Mare. Date: 24th May 2015. Location: Somerset, England. Click here to view my Somerset collection.