Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Brean Down Steps – Birnbeck Fort Ruins loop from Brean

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Brean Down Steps – Birnbeck Fort Ruins loop from Brean

Moderate

4.8

(13)

208

hikers

Brean Down Steps – Birnbeck Fort Ruins loop from Brean

02:31

9.51km

90m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

1.31 km

Berrow Sands Beach

Highlight • Beach

Brean Beach ... quieter than nearby Weston Super Mare ... long stretch of sand. Dog friendly, parking on a stretch of the beach £3.50/day. Toilets available. Ice Cream van when I was here

Tip by

2.40 km

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.

Tip by

2.72 km

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

2.88 km

View of Brean Sands from Brean Down

Highlight • Beach

4.42 km

Brean Down Path

Highlight • Historical Site

Official bike path up Breen Down with great views in all directions. You can even wheel your bike through the fort. Steep paved climb up but then easy gravel.

Tip by

4.58 km

Birnbeck Fort Ruins

Highlight • Viewpoint

The ruined fort here was built to defend Britain against a possible Napoleonic invasion. It has been adapted since then to provide sighting and coastal defence until the end of …

Tip by

8.21 km

Brean Sands Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Expansive stretch of sandy beach (at low tide) with views to the fort.

Tip by

9.51 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.73 km

1.84 km

1.41 km

1.22 km

295 m

Surfaces

3.68 km

3.42 km

1.02 km

675 m

577 m

134 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Wednesday 20 May

20°C

13°C

15 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Nearby routes

Easy

4.8

2,786

Cheddar Gorge loop from Cheddar

01:53h

5.77km

260m

Easy

4.8

710

Brean Down loop — English Coast Path

01:14h

4.33km

100m

Moderate

4.7

466

Wavering Down & Crook Peak loop from Winscombe Hill — Mendip Hills

02:47h

9.58km

260m

Moderate

4.8

522

Glastonbury Tor loop from Glastonbury Abbey

01:21h

4.78km

100m

Easy

4.6

255

Chew Valley Lake, Knowle Hill & Chew Magna loop — Mendip Hills

01:52h

7.04km

70m

Moderate

4.7

192

Beacon Batch & Dolebury Warren loop from Burrington Combe

03:22h

11.6km

300m

Moderate

4.6

167

Cheddar Gorge & Beacon Batch loop from Burrington Ham — Mendip Hills

04:22h

14.5km

450m

Moderate

3.8

184

Blagdon Lake loop from Blagdon Village — Mendip Hills

02:19h

8.80km

70m

Moderate

4.5

238

Cwm George & Casehill Woods loop from Dinas Powys

02:45h

9.90km

180m

Easy

5.0

331

Roath Park loop via Roath Pleasure Gardens

01:27h

5.65km

20m

Moderate

4.7

101

Goblin Combe & Wrington loop from Cleeve

02:58h

10.2km

260m

Easy

4.7

199

Ebbor Gorge loop from Deerleap

00:50h

2.59km

110m

Brean Down Steps – Birnbeck Fort Ruins loop from Brean

Berrow Sands Beach

Brean Down Beach

Brean Beachside Café

Brean Down Steps

View of Brean Sands from Brean Down

Brean Down Path

Birnbeck Fort Ruins

Brean Sands Beach

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️