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I love this place!
My parents own a caravan on the heaven site and I really love to visit as often as I can!
The people in the area seem friendly and you can alway guareentee someone will say good morning/afternoon.
My daughter loves the beach its a beautiful view.
There is a super market where you get most bits, its not far to travel to Weston.
There is not much of a night life how ever there is a weatherspoons pub which is lovely to eat in day or night.
It is a nice peacefull place to be and i very much ennjoy visiting!

Burnham-on-sea..is the place to be!..iv been going here since i was a small child staying on many of the camp sites around the area..recently having stayed at the Haven site we visited Burnham and we hit the shops so many of them too..my favourite has got to be the small shop that sells hot pork sandwiches ahhh i can taste them now mouth watering..these shops have alsobeen a god send when going down there on holiday and forgetting clothes and other items just nip in to Burnham and you will get it all!..Also the new Lidl situated at the back end of burnham is fantastic with amazing value ..also the somerfield up on the sea front open till late and very clean..the sea front has the usual amusements and have spent many hours playing in there ..the pier which i have never been on till this year with my daughter was great she enjoyed the ice cream she had along the way ..even the bad windy weather didnt stop us going on the sea we still had fun!!..There is one indian restaurant you must visit the shaa its fantastic and on a tuesday they have a sit in special set meal..we have never had a bad meal from here and return everytime we visit!..

I like to come here September time when there isn''t all the major holiday makers around. It has a nice feel to it with the wind blowing in your hair, it''s a traditional holiday with chips and ice cream, donkey rides and the beach is nice with nice clean golden sand. There''s an Apex Park - A wildlife haven in Burnham which includes places to fish, a children''s play area, skate park and walks. There is a huge amount of places to eat to suit everybodies tastes. There is lots to do, fishing, golf, shopping, amusements, crafts etc. It is a lovely place but can get very busy during holiday time.

B-O-S (Burnham on sea) is a bit of an enigma....there are times when it is fantastic, and you cant imagine wanting to be anywhere else....and then the holidays come around and you just want to get out of town.

Out of the peak holiday seasons, as a local, it is fabulous. The beach is flat, sandy and very safe for the kids (so nice when it''''s empty), the arcades are fun for an hours entertainment for a few pennies. You can park on most of the roads, so you dont really have to pay to park next to the beach! Speaking of the beach, it''''s huge, there is so much of it and if you keep walking north, you will end up in Berrow then Brean. The dunes are great, the kids go exploring, and at the north end of the beach is the infamous lighthouse, which is quite a sight.

However, when the town is full of tourists it''''s another matter. There is a funny smell that lingers around, you cant park anywhere, and if you happen to find a space to park your car, then you have to watch it doesnt get bashed and battered by the hoards of cow like holiday makers who all flow from north to south down the high street!

As a town on it''''s own the facilities are excellent, there are a couple of supermarkets, so you have a nice choice, along with the usual Boots, New Look, Peacocks and other such lower key high street stores. There is a fab toy shop called Gamleys so christmas and birthday presents are always available. I think every bank is represented in Burnham, along with a couple of the bigger building societies. The pubs are pretty good and there is an abundance of take aways..There is a swimming pool, library, mechanic, pertol station, even a hospital!!

BOS also has an old style cinema that occasionally shows the latest films, just before they come out on DVD!! but for a nice bit of retro entertainment, its worth it!

As someone who has a yearning to live by the sea, Burnham is a good choice, however, if, like me, you dont like the incoming herds of holiday makers, it might be worth considering moving away during the summer!!