Brean
Sign in to saveBrean is a village and civil parish between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, England. The name is derived from "Bryn"; Brythonic and Modern Welsh for a hill. It has a population of 635.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Brean
- UK place.static_image_name
- Brean Sands, Somerset, England, from Brean Down arp.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Brean Sands and village from Brean Down
- UK place.population
- 635
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset Council
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bridgwater
- UK place.post_town
- BURNHAM-ON-SEA
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA8
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Somerset
- Population
- +635
- Official website
- www.discoverbrean.co.uk
- Image
- Brean.JPG
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Brean is a village and civil parish between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, England. The name is derived from "Bryn"; Brythonic and Modern Welsh for a hill. It has a population of 635.
Close to the village is Brean Down, a promontory standing high and extending into the Bristol Channel, on which stands Brean Down Fort, marking the end of Weston Bay.