St Audries Bay
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Steps up to the grotto at St. Audries Bay.
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The waterfall at the western end of St. Audries Bay
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Sunbathers at St. Audries bay.
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St. Audries Bay, long before the holiday park.
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The headland before St Audries Bay. The steps up the cliff led to a grotto.
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A view of the cliffs at St Audries Bay. The path up to the grotto, which is no longer there, can be seen at the extreme left.
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The waterfall at the western end of St Audries Bay which has been known as ‘St Etheldreda’s Fall’.
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A view from near the waterfall in St Audries Bay, showing the path down to the slipway and shop. The growing Holiday Club can be see to the left.
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A view in St Audries Bay showing the Grotto at the top of the cliff and the steps down to the slipway which is just visible on the right.
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View showing the path down to the shore and the steps up to the grotto.
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A view of the waterfall, looking east. Almost all of the visible cliff has been eroded back, since this photo was taken. Nowadays (2018) the stream never flows with such a high volume of water.
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The beach below the Home Farm Holiday Centre showing the shop at the bottom of the path down the cliff. The St Audries Holiday Club can be seen beyond the headland.
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An early view of St Audries Bay showing the path down to the slipway. Note the absence of any holiday parks.
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The St Audries waterfall in about February. People could stand on the piled up ice on the beach and feel the wave movement below.
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Holiday makers on the beach below the Holiday Centre
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St Audries, or St Etheldreda’s, waterfall
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An early view looking west, along the coast. The field with the stacked hay is where the St Audries Holiday Club developed.
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This painting by Richard Willis represents St Audries bay as it would have been between c1850 and c1910. At that time goods such as culm and coal were brought from South Wales. Quantock stone would be…
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The beach, looking west, below the St. Audries Holiday Hamlet (now Club).
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In 2019 the cliff has eroded and the waterfall is much narrower.
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An early view (looking west) of the caravan park which became the Holiday Club at St Audries. Shortly after this picture it was taken over by the army during WWII.