Beaches to visit (day and longer) near Stations - South West and Wales

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[bobm]

Minehead might be worth considering ?

Indeed - as seen a week ago today.



Although not strictly allowed in this thread, in the absence of trains on the West Somerset there is the 28 bus from Taunton which departs a few steps away from the main westbound platform and has a stop by the beach in Minehead.

[basset44]

Hi,

Barry Island, made famous recently with some TV^▸ (Thames Valley) shows.

https://goo.gl/images/4bZNi9

Basset

[grahame]

Minehead might be worth considering ?

[snip]

Certainly well worth considering when a through train is run from the national network and onto the WSR.

To context of the original enquiry (but I may not have conveyed it too well) was for somewhere that's reachable on more or less any day / date by train all the way ... not looking for special days only, nor for trips that involve a middle section of the journey on a bus.

But I agree that Minehead is a nice destination and you can arrive in the town on a train most days - just not off the national network!

[johnneyw]

Wot, no entry for dear old Port Zed ? You might get half a sandcastle out of a bucket if you really REALLY try ! You can reach it along rusty rails but no trains as yet !

Also missed out Severn Beach ...

It is often not know to people in the Bristol area, especially the younger ones, that Severn Beach was once a thriving, purpose built holiday destination. It's heydays were in the first half of the 20th century with the town offering open air lido, fun fair, parks, promenades and all the other aspects of an aspiring coastal resort. It's decline really commenced in the 1950 through to 1960s but some aspects of it's former self struggled through to the early 1970s. Indeed, a former girlfriend of mine remembered the Blue Lagoon lido from her childhood in the 1960s and only a few years back we took the train to The Beach to try and work out where everything was.
For anyone thinking I've confused today with April 1st, there are pictures of old Severn Beach viewable online.
That all said, while recommending SB^▸ (Signal Box) these days for an interesting afternoon excursion, I would not suggest you pack a bucket and spade.

Edit: Found a pic online, see below.

[froome]

Dawlish must be the most accessible beach in the South West and Wales, you could, if daring enough, jump from the platform onto it

With an easterly wind, the beach is perfectly capable of jumping onto the platform, so no need for you to jump!