Local Facilities & Information

To help our guests we are listing here local (Minehead) facilities and information (shops, places to eat, banks, post offices, attractions, sports & leisure facilities etc.) Please understand that this does not mean we recommend the services listed, nor do we obtain any direct benefit from listing them - this is solely to help you in advance. Naturally we hope you will be impressed with what is available nearby and this will help you decide to stay with us! We are about 5 minutes walk from the main shops in The Parade.

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Local shops & services

High Street Banks (all in The Parade)

Alliance & Leicester; Barclays; Halifax (Chanin & Thomas Agency); HSBC; Lloyds TSB; NatWest.
There are numerous cash machines available in The Parade, covering all cash cards.

Main Post Office (in The Parade)

Public Library (in Bancks Street)

Minehead Hospital (The Parade) has a walk-in emergency assessment centre

Doctors Guests may use our own GP practise at Harley House - a short walk away.

Main Shops (in The Parade & The Avenue)

Currys; W H Smiths; Boots; Superdrug; Thresher; Argos; Bastins (low cost cards, gifts & stationery); Forbouys; McKays (clothing department store); Tarr & Foy (large ironmongers);

Other Shops of interest to our guests

The Original Factory Shop (Vennland Centre - clothing and domestic goods at excellent prices); Best Buy (The Parade - clothing, gifts, furnishings and lighting at very good prices). Numerous low cost clothing, shoes and bag stores. Many gift shops specialising in soaps, kitchen and bathroom accessories. Paraphenalia (Friday Street - Bygones and antiques - extremely well laid out, excellent prices and very high stock turnover!). West Somerset Garden Centre (The Vennland Centre - large well stocked garden centre). Minehead Enterprise park has around 80 businesses - even a bagpipes maker!)

Places to Eat

Good Pubs & Inns nearby
The Kildare Lodge (Opposite us in Townsend Road); The Britannia Inn (Alcombe); Queens Head (Holloway Street); The Old Ship Aground (Minehead Harbour); The Hairy Dog (The Avenue)

Classy restaurants - booking ahead essential
Sashes (Quay Street); The Old Harbour House (Quay Street)

Other restaurants (this list is NOT exhaustive)
Taj Mahal Indian (The Avenue - good and fairly large); Cream (The Parade - mainly a coffee shop); Mr Micawbers (The Parade - upstairs, large); MacDonalds (Vulcan Rd); Pinnochio's (Holloway Street -Good Italian); Mullions (The Parade); The Wheelhouse (The Parade - good reasonably priced restaurant); Golden House (Holloway Street - Good Chinese); Butterflies (Wellington Square - Daytime only); Jubilee Cafe (The Promenade - right by the sea); Blenheim Gardens Cafe (Daytime only - in Blenheim Gardens)

Entertainment and What's On

Minehead has a good small theatre - The Regal - in The Avenue. There is an ABC cinema in the Butlins Complex. Many festivals and events (including the centuries old Hobby Horse in May) are run in Minehead and listings of what's on are posted on this Website and at the Tourist Information Centre (Tel: 0845345 2465).

Other Amenities

West Somerset Railway (At the bottom of The Avenue) real, regular steam railway running through West Somerset to Bishop's Lydiard. Lovely views or primroses in the cuttings in springtime. Special events are held throughout the year. For information and to book trains: Tel: 01643-704996; Fax: 01643-706349; 24 hr talking timetable: 01643-707650 Website: www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/

Aquasplash Pool (Seaward Way) 25 metre indool leisure pool with fun features, spa and fitness centre.

Golf Course (Warren Road) Excellent course

Tennis (Irnham Road)

Bowls (Minehad Bowling Club, Irnham Road)

Blenheim Gardens (Off the Parade) Pleasant well kep public gardens with cafe and bandstand and seating.

The Parks Walk (starting from Parkhouse Lane) A really pleasant linear walk through Minehead towards Bratton by a stream and amongst delightful and surprisingly diverse flowering trees and shrubs.

The Harbour (At the end of Quay Street) Lifeboat station, sea fishing trips, Bristol Channel cruises, old Cannons on quayside, launch point for private boats and windsurfers.

North Hill Within Exmoor National Park. Dominates and shelters Minehead. A nature reserve with dozens of paths including the start of the South West Peninsula Long Distance Footpath. Beautiful views of heather and gorse, the Exmoor coastline, the Bristol channel and South Wales.

Sea Front and Beach Something for everybody. The seafront and defenses recently built at a cost of millions provide a very high quality promenade, with attractive lighting at night (a copy of the lighting at Biarritz). Shingle, running into spectacular cliffs towards Porlock. Wide, extensive sands running east towards Dunster beach (wide and flat enough for a wind cart).

Millennium Rose Garden - near Tesco - at the moment rather limited, but a developing public space.

Butlins (at the East end of Minehead) Pool, Cinema and other facilities open to day visitors (April 30th to October 21st).

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Open March - December

Tel: 01643 706170 or Email

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