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Weston-super-Mare is a tourist destination, with its long sandy beach, Helicopter Museum, [84] Weston Museum, Grand Pier and seasonal Wheel of Weston. [85] A 2009 survey by Visit England placed the Grand Pier in the top ten free attractions in England. [ 86 ]
A replica of the locomotive North Star at the site of the first station. The Bristol and Exeter Railway arrived in Weston-super-Mare on 14 June 1841. This was not the route that serves today's station, but rather a single-track branch line from Weston Junction railway station, midway between the present-day Worle and Uphill junctions, which terminated at a small station in Regent Street close ...
Weston-super-Mare Town Council acquired the Burlington Street building in 2011 [7] [8] and in 2012 a bid was made to the Heritage Lottery Fund to make major improvements. [1] The bid was successful and the museum closed its doors to the public in April 2015 so work could begin on a major redesign.
Drawings for Weston Junction Station, by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. This was the junction of the branch to Weston, built on the moors 1½ miles from Weston-super-Mare. It served only for passengers changing trains until a booking office was opened in 1850.
Wooler Road, building at forefront was originally part of the nearby hospital Wadham Street Baptist Church, now The Blakehay Theatre. Wadham Street Baptist Church (1862). Situated in the oldest part of the town, this church was built using parts of the first public building in Weston-super-Mare that had been on the same site.
The Weston-super-Mare Tramways were the electric street tramways of the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. It operated a fleet of up to 16 standard gauge single- and double-deck tramcars on routes totalling 2.92 miles (4.70 km) to Birnbeck Pier, The Sanatorium and Locking Road. It opened in 1902 and was replaced by bus ...
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The Plaza Cinema is an art deco cinema in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, owned by Merlin Cinemas. It was built by Odeon Cinemas and known as the Odeon Weston-super-Mare until 2023. It was designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt and is a Grade II listed building.