About Clevedon

Clevedon is a beautiful Victorian seaside town overlooking the Severn Estuary.Jutting out beyond the Victorian town and pebbled beach elegantly sits Clevedon Pier, the only Grade 1 listed pier in England. Almost 150 years old, it used to receive paddle steamer passengers from Devon and Wales and now features a shop, award-winning restaurant and visitor centre as well as holding a host of events throughout the year. Whether you choose to take a stroll along the promenade whilst tucking into fish and chips or diving into Marine Lake for a swim, Clevedon is a beautiful spot in every season. Opened in 1929, the Marine Lake is now a training location for long distance swimmers, a safe swimming spot for children and a great place for watersports and crabbing. Next to the Marine Lake you’ll find the Salthouse Field with a miniature railway, a nearby mini-golf centre and plenty of family-themed activities taking place over the summer months. Walkers are spoilt for choice with numerous routes on offer: retrace the steps of famous poets such as Tennyson and Coleridge on the clifftop Poets’ Walk, a great place to reimagine history and take in picture-postcard views.Clevedon’s charming scenery can be appreciated from an assortment of cafés and restaurants next to Clevedon Pier. Nearby you’ll find Hill Road, offering a range of local independent shops, The Triangle, home to high street brands, and the monthly Clevedon Sunday Market, where you’ll grab a great bargain. Step back in time by visiting the Curzon Clevedon Cinema, the oldest purpose-built cinema in the world still in working order. The nearby 14th-century manor house, Clevedon Court, has an astonishing medieval core, stunning listed gardens and Eltonware pottery and Nailsea glass on display. This National Trust manor is available to visit between April-September. Clevedon is a fashionable Victorian-esc seaside town with a charming and sedate atmosphere. Its low cragy coastline includes many fine shingle beaches and a lovely west facing cliff-top promenade. Ideal for a bracing stroll or to just sit and relax and take in the spectacular views across to the Welsh coast.The lack of a railway terminus has prevented the town from being overdeveloped, resulting in a pleasant little resort with very few of the modern gaudy attractions associated with other busy seaside towns. Clevedon’s half-mile of seafront, which runs from the pier to Salthouse Field, includes ornamental gardens, a Victorian bandstand, bowling green, tennis courts, crazy golf and a small marine lake. There is also an excellent range of guest houses, shops and restaurants, including several fine traditional pubs.Clevedon’s pride and joy is its elegant Victorian pier that stretches far out into the Bristol channel. The pier is popular spot for fishing and boat trips, which are available from the pier-end during the summer months.Clevedon’s small town centre includes a 19th-c. market hall, a Victorian clock tower and a 1920’s Curzon cinema. Churches include the Medieval St John’s parish church and the partly Norman St Andrew’s Church, located beside an un spoilt headland at the south-west end of the town.Just a few miles from the town is the fine 14th-c. manor house, Clevedon Court; home of the Elton family since 1709. The Eltons were gifted merchants and scholars who were instrumental in the development of Clevedon as a popular holiday destination.Just to the north of Clevedon is Ladye Bay, a beautiful rocky cove backed by downs. This area makes for very pleasant walking and a popular coastal footpath called ‘Lovers Walk’, starts at the top of Marine Parade and leads on to Ladye Bay. In fact, Cleveland’s coastal walks have inspired many great writers over the centuries, including Tennyson and Coleridge. In celebration of this another popular trail, known as Poets walk, runs along the main promenade and around Wain’s Hill to the south of the town. The remains of an iron age fort stand on the top Wain’s Hill, where there are some lovely views over the town and across the Somerset levels.