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Local Area

Weston-super-Mare is an inspirational
backdrop to studying, working and living

Weston-super-Mare is a great place for students. It boasts a seaside location in the sunny South West of England with a promenade providing a range of bars and restaurants. It’s small enough to feel welcoming yet big enough to provide an entertaining time. There’s something special about a place which combines seaside traditions with 21st Century facilities.

Beach life

Weston-super-Mare offers a great learning environment with miles of beaches, dunes and rock pools. Whatever the time of year and whatever the weather, there is always something to do...

The beach offers a wide variety of activities, which include:

Windsurfing
Sandsurfing
Kite flying
Jet skiing
Water skiing
Body boarding

Shopping

As well as a wide range of well known high street stores and supermarkets, you will find many interesting, specialist shops and boutiques in the Meadow Street ‘lanes’ area of the town. Clarks Village factory outlet is nearby in Street and Cribbs Causeway Shopping Mall is easily accessible via the M5.

Eating out

In Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding area you have a wide choice of restaurants. Choose from Chinese, Mexican, Indian, Italian, French and Thai food, and there are loads of fast food outlets and restaurants offering affordable options for all kinds of budgets. The College campuses also offer student meals at very reasonable prices, from bar snacks and light lunch menus to more extensive four course meals, available in the College restaurant.

Leisure activities

Facilities include a four-screen cinema, two theatres, museums, libraries, sport and leisure centres, swimming pools, pubs and clubs.

Special events

Weston-super-Mare is famous for hosting International Beach Volleyball and the Enduro – beach motorbike.

Bristol and Bath and further afield

Weston-super-Mare is also ideally located for travel to the vibrant city of Bristol that has speedy rail links to our capital city, London. There are also good rail links to Bath and Cardiff. Bath has the unique distinction of being England’s only World Heritage City. It’s also a lively centre with plenty going on.

Bristol, a maritime city, is always bustling. It has great facilities and lots of entertainment and is popular with students looking for an alternative to a night out in Weston-super-Mare.

Cardiff is easily reached and a great place to visit. It is a major city with the cultural and recreational amenities you would expect of the capital of Wales.

The market town of Taunton is only 30 minutes away and historic sites in the area include Dartmoor and Exmoor National Park, Glastonbury Tor and Stonehenge.