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Sedgemoor District

Brean Down Steps – Brean Down loop from Brean

Hiking trails & Routes

South West England

Sedgemoor District

Brean Down Steps – Brean Down loop from Brean

Easy

5.0

(3)

65

hikers

Brean Down Steps – Brean Down loop from Brean

01:04

3.80km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

182 m

Brean Down Steps

Highlight • Trail

A set of zig-zagging steps from the beach up onto Brean Downs (National Trust) Nature Reserve, these steep concrete steps thankfully get the climb done pretty quick!

These are also part of the England Coast Path.

Tip by

2

313 m

View of Burnham-on-Sea Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Quite steep regardless wether you go steps or road, bring suitable, grippy, footwear! Wonderful views at the top!

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3

1.51 km

View of the Sea from Brean Down

Highlight • Viewpoint

4

1.59 km

Brean Down Trig Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

The highest point at Brean Down nature reserve, but you're not at the end yet! Head further along the headland to discover the old Palmerston Fort, built to defend the UK from a possible Napoleonic invasion.

Tip by

5

2.58 km

Brean Down

Highlight • Viewpoint

Brean Down is a beautiful, small, trig pointed peninsula that sits between Weston-Super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea. At 320 feet (97 m) high, it has nice commanding views north over Weston Bay …

Tip by

6

2.75 km

View of Brean Sands from Brean Down

Highlight • Beach

7

3.56 km

Brean Down Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

8

3.66 km

Brean Beachside Café

Highlight • Beach

The Brean Beachside Cafe is owned and run by the National Trust.
Open from 10:00 - 16:30 every day and serving the normal NT cafe fair. Good quality and you’re supporting the trusts work looking after Brean Down.

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B

3.80 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.49 km

1.16 km

878 m

222 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.49 km

1.19 km

633 m

369 m

< 100 m

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