ST3049 : Swimming pool on Burnham on Sea beach
taken 16 years ago, near to Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, Great Britain

Swimming pool on Burnham on Sea beach
Updated April 2010.
The beach pool was first used for swimming and then boating. It was built in 1920 by the Braithwaite family in gratitude for the safe return of their five sons from the Great War. In recent years the condition of the pool deteriorated and the local authority, Sedgemoor District Council, took the decision in December 2009 to demolish it, mainly on health and safety grounds. The full story behind the decision to demolish the pool can be read here Link
The pool now no longer exists except in the memories of local residents and countless holiday-makers down the years and snapshots in family albums. I’m glad I took this photograph when I did. It’s just a shame its quality doesn’t do justice to the subject.
The beach pool was first used for swimming and then boating. It was built in 1920 by the Braithwaite family in gratitude for the safe return of their five sons from the Great War. In recent years the condition of the pool deteriorated and the local authority, Sedgemoor District Council, took the decision in December 2009 to demolish it, mainly on health and safety grounds. The full story behind the decision to demolish the pool can be read here Link

The pool now no longer exists except in the memories of local residents and countless holiday-makers down the years and snapshots in family albums. I’m glad I took this photograph when I did. It’s just a shame its quality doesn’t do justice to the subject.
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- ST3049, 356 images (more nearby
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- Photographer
- Brian Robert Marshall (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 24 September, 2006 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 9 March, 2007
- Category
- Swimming pool (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 302 494 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.3808N 3:0.0067W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
ST 303 493
- View Direction
- Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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