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Beach races are popular in the United Kingdom, and one of the most famous beach races is the Weston Beach Race, (previously known as the Weston Enduro) held on Weston-super-Mare beach in Somerset. The event which features quad, sidecar, solo and junior races, has been held since 1983, and regularly attracts entries of over 1,000 riders, with ...
Weston-super-Mare is a tourist destination, with its long sandy beach, Helicopter Museum, [84] Weston Museum, Grand Pier and seasonal Wheel of Weston. [85] A 2009 survey by Visit England placed the Grand Pier in the top ten free attractions in England. [ 86 ]
Among scarce plants found on Sand Point are smallflower buttercup, [13] and honewort. [14] The range of soils at the site support various flora and fauna. The calcareous grassland is dominated by Festuca species and Dactylis glomerata, while the scrub towards the west of the site is dominated by hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), while that to the east consists of ...
T4 on the Beach was an annual British one-day music event which was held on the beach at Weston-super-Mare and televised on Channel 4. The event began in 2003 as Pop Beach in Great Yarmouth , changing to the current title and venue in 2005.
The grass also began to grow on the beach at Weston-super-Mare, but was removed by the local council. In the 1980s, part of the beach at Sand Bay was raised to prevent flooding by pumping sand from the Bristol Channel up onto the beach. [ 2 ]
Worlebury Hill is the name given to an upland area lying between the flatlands of Weston-super-Mare and the Kewstoke area of North Somerset, England.Worlebury Hill's rises from sea level to its highest point of 109 metres (358 ft), [1] and the western end of the hill forms a peninsula, jutting out into the Bristol Channel, between Weston Bay and Sand Bay.
Weston-super-Mare is the busiest RNLI station on the south side of the Bristol Channel; in 2011 its two lifeboats were called out 42 times. [63] Historically, the largest number of people rescued at one time was on 22 September 1884 when 40 passengers were taken off the SS Welsh Prince which got into difficulties after leaving the pier. [58]
The 1908 Brighton Derby was never run and as such the August 3, 1907 edition was its last. [5] The race's demise was a result of the 1908 passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes that led to a state-wide shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912.