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Things to do in Weston-super-Mare

Wondering what to do in Weston-super-Mare? This guide lists the area's attractions — zoos, museums, theme parks and more — with distances, so you can plan every day of your trip.

Showing museums, aquariums and attractions with indoor areas — the ones that work whatever the forecast.

Aquariums

Bristol Aquarium

17.8 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Bristol Aquarium

Bristol Aquarium sits in the heart of the city on the historic Harbourside, with more than 40 naturally-themed displays of tropical sharks, rays, seahorses, turtles and other aquat...

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Museums & Galleries

Weston Museum

0.2 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Weston Museum

Museum in North Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Lambretta Museum

0.3 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Lambretta Museum

The Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. It houses a total of 61 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May... — Wikipedia

The Helicopter Museum

2 mi from Weston-super-Mare

The Helicopter Museum

The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civili... — Wikipedia

The Helicopter Museum

2 mi from Weston-super-Mare

The Helicopter Museum

The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civili... — Wikipedia

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Webbington Farm

5.1 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Webbington Farm

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Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre

6 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre

Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre is a volunteer-run museum on the old Cheddar Valley Railway, set in the village of Sandford along the Strawberry Line in Winscombe and Sand...

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King John's Hunting Lodge;King John's Hunting Lodge (Axbridge Museum)

8 mi from Weston-super-Mare

King John's Hunting Lodge;King John's Hunting Lodge (Axbridge Museum)

King John's Hunting Lodge is an early Tudor timber-framed wool merchant's house dating from around 1500, now run as a local history museum by the Axbridge and District Museum Trust...

Blagdon Pumping Station & Visitor Centre

11.3 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Blagdon Pumping Station & Visitor Centre

Architectural structure in Blagdon, North Somerset, England, UK

Techniquest

11.5 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Techniquest

Techniquest is a science discovery centre located in Cardiff Bay, Wales. It gives visitors a hands-on approach to science and includes a science theatre, a planetarium, and an exhi... — Wikipedia

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Cardiff Story Museum

12.7 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Cardiff Story Museum

Local history museum in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier

12.8 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier

Firing Line is an accredited museum inside Cardiff Castle telling the story of the Welsh soldier across 300 years, from Waterloo and Rorke's Drift through to Iraq and Afghanistan....

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Wartime Shelters

12.8 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Wartime Shelters

Hidden within the walls of Cardiff Castle are tunnels that served as air-raid shelters during the Second World War. More than 1800 people could once shelter here, reached via speci...

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National Museum Cardiff

13 mi from Weston-super-Mare

National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff sits in the heart of Cardiff's elegant civic centre, offering world-class art and natural history, with admission free. It houses Wales's national art, geol...

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Museum of Welsh Cricket

13.5 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Museum of Welsh Cricket

Museum in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

The Bus Depot Barry

13.5 mi from Weston-super-Mare

The Bus Depot Barry

The Bus Depot Barry is home to the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group, a charity created in 1992 that has leased an ex-Western Welsh Depot in Barry since 2008 to store buses and...

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Oakham Treasures

13.9 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Oakham Treasures

Oakham Treasures is a large privately owned museum of retail and farming history in Portbury, North Somerset. You'll find a vast collection of memorabilia from the last century, in...

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Oakham Treasures

13.9 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Oakham Treasures

Museum in Portbury, Bristol, England, UK

Tredegar House Museum

15 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Tredegar House Museum

Tredegar House is a 17th-century red brick mansion set within 90 acres of gardens and parkland, once home to the Morgan family for more than 500 years. You can explore the mansion'...

The Admiral Blake Museum

15.2 mi from Weston-super-Mare

The Admiral Blake Museum

The Blake Museum is in Bridgwater, Somerset, England at what is believed to be the birthplace of Robert Blake, General at Sea (1598–1657). Since April 2009 it has been run by Bridg... — Wikipedia

Paper Making Museum

15.5 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Paper Making Museum

The Paper Making Museum sits within the historic Wookey Hole Mill, once the biggest paper mill in Europe, and tells the story of the Mill's papermaking past, including live demonst...

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Theme Parks

Brean Theme Park

4.4 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Brean Theme Park

Brean Theme Park is a free-admission theme park just off the M5 in Brean, Somerset, offering a day of rides and attractions for all ages. You'll find roller coasters, dodgems, a tr...

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Zoos & Wildlife

Puxton Park

4.8 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Puxton Park

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Tropiquaria

20.6 mi from Weston-super-Mare

Tropiquaria

Tropiquaria is a small zoo and animal sanctuary in Minehead, Somerset, built in and around a repurposed 1933 BBC Radio Transmitting Station. The Grade II listed building houses a R...

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Where to stay near Weston-super-Mare

Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.

More around Weston-super-Mare

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best things to do in Weston-super-Mare?

The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Weston-super-Mare.

What can we do in Weston-super-Mare when it rains?

Museums, galleries and aquariums are your friends — filter the list below by category and keep a couple in reserve for wet days.

More ways to explore

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