Minehead Landfall
The Minehead land connection to the west of the main town provides an opportunity to create an exciting and vibrant extension of the seafront esplanade and a new resource for the town.
The western landfall will be the gateway to the lagoon for locals and visitors alike via a new high quality landscaped promenade extending 300m along the coast adjacent to Culvercliff and then extending a further 800 metres out to sea on the lagoon wall to a new 300 boat marina and harbour.
The promenade will feature a variety of shops, cafes, restaurants and commercial buildings, hosting new business and employment opportunities for local entrepreneurs along with the provision of community focused buildings. At the midpoint of the promenade will be an arts centre, an open-air theatre & cinema, open-air heated swimming baths and community sailing club which will provide a real community provision focus for the scheme.
The mix of new businesses and public community use offers will provide a vibrancy which will help the local economy diversify and expand beyond the existing leisure offerings creating a new destination in addition to the new marina, harbour and boat repair yard.
A new visitor centre will be located at the end of the promenade which will accommodate an information & visitors centre with high level look-out by day and a bookable “village hall” community resource at night time thus providing a range of offers for community and visitors alike.
