Brean Down Fort
Brean Down Fort sits at the seaward end of Brean Down, a dramatic limestone headland thrusting into the Bristol Channel in Somerset. Built in the 1860s as a Palmerston fort against French invasion, it was rearmed during the Second World War, and its gun batteries and barracks still stand. Reaching it means a bracing walk along the down, with wide sea views, nesting birds and rich coastal grassland the whole way.
- Victorian coastal fort
- Limestone headland walk
- Bristol Channel sea views
Best for a windswept headland walk to a fort above the sea.
Things to see at Brean Down Fort
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- Victorian gun emplacements
- Bristol Channel views on three sides
- The limestone peninsula clifftop walk
- Fort buildings and tunnels