Grand Pier Main Pavilion
Pier with pier pavilion in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.
Attractions in Weston-super-Mare
Photo: Grand Pier Main Pavilion, Geof Sheppard (CC BY-SA 4.0)Seeing Weston-super-Mare? Begin at Grand Pier Main Pavilion
Among the places to visit in and near Weston-super-Mare are 6 theme parks, 6 museums and 3 castles. We list 7 places to visit inside Weston-super-Mare’s built-up area and 15 within 5 km of its edge. At 22 km, National Museum Cardiff is worth the journey.
In Weston-super-Mare
7
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
15
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
6
in or near town
Castles & historic places
6
in or near town
Best known
Must-know places in Weston-super-Mare
Once you have seen Grand Pier Main Pavilion, try 2 museums, 2 theme parks and a castle.
Theme parkGrand Pier Main Pavilionin town
CastleCastle Batchin townMuseumMuseumLambretta Museumin town
MuseumWeston Museumin town
Theme parkTropicanain townTheme parkTheme parkGoldengate Amusementsin townEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The map
Places on the map
The map stretches to Brean Theme Park, 8.3 km away.
The dashed line is Weston-super-Mare’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
By kind
What you can see
Zoos, theme parks or other days out lead the count with 10; 6 are castles or historic places.
Museums & galleries 6 museums2 in town · 4 nearby
Castles & historic places 3 castles · 3 historic sites1 in town · 5 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 6 theme parks · 3 zoos · 1 pier4 in town · 6 nearby
Green: inside Weston-super-Mare. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
All of it
7 in town lead, with 15 more within 5 km of its edge after them.
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11Brean Leisure Park
Amusement park in the coastal resort of Brean, near Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, UK.
The 7 inside Weston-super-Mare come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
83 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on Weston-super-Mare’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Weston-super-Mare →
Big names nearby
Big names nearby
Head 22 km out for National Museum Cardiff, the best known of 12.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff22 km northwest · 373K visitors a year
CathedralWells Cathedral26 km southeast
CastleCardiff Castle22 km northwest
MuseumSS Great Britain Museum26 km northeast
Abbey or prioryGlastonbury Abbey28 km southeastCastleCastle · CadwCaerphilly Castle32 km northwest
CathedralBristol Cathedral27 km northeast
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral25 km northwest
MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery27 km northeast · 451K visitors a year
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral22 km northwest
AttractionGough's Cave15 km southeast
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre27 km northwest · 610K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Weston-super-Mare (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
What people ask about Weston-super-Mare
What are the main attractions in Weston-super-Mare?
The best known inside Weston-super-Mare’s built-up area are Grand Pier Main Pavilion, Castle Batch, Lambretta Museum and Weston Museum. In all, 7 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 15 more within 5 km.
Does Weston-super-Mare have a museum?
6 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Weston-super-Mare: Lambretta Museum, Weston Museum, The Helicopter Museum and Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Weston-super-Mare?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Caerphilly Castle (Cadw), 32 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Weston-super-Mare?
Within 40 km: National Museum Cardiff (22 km), Wells Cathedral (26 km), Cardiff Castle (22 km), SS Great Britain Museum (26 km).
Where are Weston-super-Mare’s historic buildings listed?
Weston-super-Mare has 83 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Weston-super-Mare when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (19)
- Grand Pier Main Pavilion: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Batch: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weston Museum: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tropicana: Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Birnbeck Pier: me'nthedogs (Mark Robinson), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Helicopter Museum: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Banwell Castle: This file was derived from: Banwell Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1126175.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brean Leisure Park: Cboomf (Uploads), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum Cardiff: Ham II, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wells Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Castle: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glastonbury Abbey: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Llandaff Cathedral: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery: The original uploader was Steinsky at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gough's Cave: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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