Approach notes

Tidal, and this beach has one of the fastest and largest tidal ranges in the world! However the base of most of the cliffs can normally be reached ok, except within one or two hours of high tide.

For the more popular sport crag, Boulder Cove, access is a bit more restricted by the tide...

... if high tide will be less than ~ 8.5m, and in calm seas, it is usually still ok to walk in and out on the beach, but with a 13m high spring tide, you'll need to give around 2.5hrs for it to recede.

Tides can be checked by hitting the menu button right of the map button above,  or other sites , eg.... https://tides.willyweather.co.uk/sw/somerset/brean-beach.html

(See notes below, for high tide alternative walking access to Boulder Cove sport routes.)

DRIVING THERE .... From the A38 or M5 jct 22, take the B3140 to Burham-On-Sea and Berrow from where a minor road runs northwards to a dead end, with a café and car parks below Brean Down.

There are 2 car parks.. the National trust pay and display costs ~£5, check opening times, a gate may lock u in after a certain time.  There is a cheaper car park just past the café.

Don't block the Lifeboat access gate.

When the beach gate is open, don't be tempted to drive across the sands to the base of the cliffs themselves - your car will get stuck, and the tide will do the rest!

( For Boulder Cove sport routes, when the tide is in, there is an alternative walk in with a fixed rope for descent. This can be used for approach + exit,  but is tricky to find, so would definitely be best left until after you know where it is, i.e. after using it one day as an exit 1st! Getting it wrong on a slippy wet grass day could be fatal!

You can walk up the steps and over the top to a steep slightly  precarious descent that sometimes has a fixed rope in place, but the bottom section is loose and unstable so take great care.

Late 2017, the Fixed rope reaches the bottom of the crag, although the mid section isn't knotted, so less than ideal for descent assistance! But with care just use the obvious short windy unroped path section here, until you meet the knotted rope again. This would  all be best left until you know where it is, after using it as an exit.)

( old info ... The routes at the back wall of Boulder Cave can be reached by abseil at any state of the tide )... (? new mods note..., Off stakes? Trad gear? Never seen any stakes nor seen anyone ab in here, but  there is a precarious descent path + rope in place , as described above).