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Discover sea fishing in Winscombe and Sandford, Somerset with fast access to Weston-super-Mare South Beach, Uphill Beach and Uphill Slipway. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Winscombe and Sandford, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
7.8 miles from Winscombe and Sandford
A well-known mark on the Severn Estuary promenade at Clevedon with easy, rail‑side access and parking along The Beach. Expect extremely strong tides, fast currents, heavy weed on springs, and very turbid water. Ground is mixed rough over clay, boulders and patches of mud/sand with plenty of snags, so use...
8.1 miles from Winscombe and Sandford
A long limestone headland jutting into the Bristol Channel with deep water close in, strong tidal races and snaggy, kelp-strewn ground. Access is via a steep National Trust path and steps to various rock ledges along the north and south faces and near the fort at the tip. Best fished...
8.2 miles from Winscombe and Sandford
A tidal rocky headland at the tip of the Middle Hope peninsula near Kewstoke, giving casting access to fast, deep Bristol Channel water over mixed rough ground (limestone ledges, boulders and sand patches). Best on the last 2–3 hours of the flood and first hour of the ebb; big spring...
8.2 miles from Winscombe and Sandford
A vast, shallow-gradient Bristol Channel surf beach between Burnham-on-Sea and Brean. Berrow Beach is famed for powerful tides, long clean sand with muddy patches, and the SS Nornen wreck visible at low water. Best fishing is typically the flood to high and into dusk/night, working gutters and channels as the...
8.7 miles from Winscombe and Sandford
Expansive sandy-muddy Bristol Channel surf beach by the iconic Low (stilt) Lighthouse at Burnham-on-Sea. Huge tidal range and a long, shallow gradient create shifting gullies and channels; best fished 2–3 hours either side of low and on the flood. Expect strong tidal pull on bigger springs (use 5–6 oz grip...
8.8 miles from Winscombe and Sandford
A broad, shallow sand-and-mud beach on the inner Bristol Channel with a huge tidal range and powerful currents. Best fished from the firm sand and sea-wall steps near the lighthouse on a flooding tide, focusing on gutters and the advancing edge of the tide. Expect rays, bass, whiting and summer...
