Where is Portishead Pier?

Portishead Pier is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode BS20 7AQ), in the parish of Portishead.

How do I get to Portishead Pier?

The nearest railway station is Avonmouth, about 4.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode BS20 7AQ.

Is Portishead Pier a protected site?

Yes — Portishead Pier is part of the Portishead Pier to Black Nore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Is Portishead Pier free to visit?

Yes, Portishead Pier is free to enter.

How do I get to Portishead Pier?

The nearest railway station is Avonmouth, about 4.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BS20 7AQ.

Viewpoints · South Wales

Portishead Pier

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Portishead Pier is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 20 min–45 min
Best time of year: Clear days year-round
Nearest railway station: Avonmouth · 4.0 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly
Wheelchair accessible

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Portishead Pier, the nearest railway station is Avonmouth, located 4 km away. Entry is free, and the site is wheelchair accessible. The postcode for sat-nav is BS20 7AQ.

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Portishead Pier is a named viewpoint in South Wales, marked on Ordnance Survey maps for its outlook. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, and is a Ramsar wetland of international importance. It sits within the North Somerset parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Avonmouth, about 4.0 km away. Postcode area BS20.

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Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Portishead Pier to Black Nore SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest: Severn Estuary SSSI
Ramsar wetland: Severn Estuary

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Portishead Pier to Black Nore SSSI (grid reference ST474778) is a 71.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Portishead in North Somerset, notified in 1952. The Portishead Pier Section is made up of alluvial sandstones which represents the best exposure of Upper Carboniferous rocks in the Avonmouth Coalfield. The cliff and foreshore exposures around Portishead Point provide important exposures of geological structures form during the Variscan mountain building episode (orogeny) in the Carboniferous Period of geological history. Also included are areas which show important exposures of the Devonian sequence and yields several species of fossil fishes. Holoptychius scales are the most abundant fossils, but teeth scales of other species are also relatively common. Notably amongst the collection from this bed are plates of arthrodires, including Groenlandaspis.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates: 51.4937, -2.7559
District: North Somerset
Parish: Portishead
Postcode: BS20 7AQ
Parliamentary constituency: North Somerset
Nearest railway station: Avonmouth — 4 km

Sources

osm: n1374887298 (ODbL)
wikipedia: Portishead Pier to Black Nore SSSI (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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