Weston-super-Mare

Weston-super-Mare, often signposted as 'Weston-s-Mare' is a Victorian seaside resort on the Bristol Channel. In recent years it has been reinvented as a commuter town for Bristol, and is now on the cusp of undergoing further developments on the former Airfield, which will see more housing and employment opportunities within the town.

In road transport terms, however, Weston lags behind other parts of the country, with the dualled A370 often clogged at rush hour as traffic still tries to commute to/from Bristol. The possibility of an additional M5 junction on the A371 at Locking has long been suggested, but looks as far off as ever.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
M5	SOUTH WALES,The MIDLANDS, Bristol	Accessed via A370
M5	The SOUTH WEST, Taunton, Exeter	Accessed via A370
A370	Congresbury	Primary Route ends at M5 Junction
A371	Wells, Banwell	Primary Route from A370 to A368 in Banwell
A370	Taunton (M5)	M5 via A38

History

Weston in 1946

As the map to the left shows, nothing much changed with the road network (except their numbers) from the War until the mid-1990's when the A370 Somerset Avenue Dual Carriageway was built. In the meantime, the (unmarked) B3127 became the A3033, and the equally unmarked B3440 may or may not have been the B3346 at the time of this map.

The other notable changes are a slight rerouting of the A370 in the town centre area and the construction of Winterstoke Road as a major piece of the towns network, rather than a rough track as indicated!