Somerset
12th September 2017 All photos by Hetty
A visit with Stroud U3A photography group Map of walk 3.2 miles
We enjoyed an interesting, varied walk, on a sunny but windy day
Although Clevedon was mentioned in the Domesday Book, it remained a village until the Victorians turned it into a seaside town
The pier toll house (was the piermaster’s house) and the former Royal Pier Hotel
Clevedon Pier, opened in 1869 and was restored in 1989
We had a clear view across the River Severn to Wales
View south to the Poets Walk
There are lots of Victorian buildings and interesting architecture
Drinking fountains/horse trough
Clevedon Catholic Church
The peace memorial for Boer War casualties 1903, and the Green Beach fountain 1884
Bandstand
The millennium monument – “Spirit of Clevedon”
Salthouse Field light railway
The marine lake (built in 1929) with a paddle-boarder and some swimmers
On the Poets Walk is a lookout tower (rebuilt) that was built for a sugar merchant
The old harbour from Wain’s Hill, which was an Iron Age hill fort
St Andrew’s Church still has some 12th century architecture
Monument to a child of the 1600s
A green man corbel
