The lake will be CLOSED on 3rd and 4th June, reopening on 5th from 9am

Clevedon Marine Lake will be closed all day Wednesday and Thursday this week, as well as early Friday morning, to drain and refresh the water following high usage during the half-term heatwave.

The lake will fully refill during Friday’s high spring tide at 7.20am – and will be accessible to the public from 9am on 5th June.  The water quality will be tested on Tuesday 9th June after the series of overtopping tides.

Visitors should check the times and heights of high tides before coming to the lake.  The sea overtops the outer wall of Clevedon Marine Lake at the top of high spring tides of 12.6m or more – refreshing the water in the lake.  The lake becomes part of the Severn Estuary and the seawall is no longer visible.  In addition, the lower promenade can completely disappear underwater during overtops.

Visitors should not enter the lake during overtops, and allow at least one hour either side of these times before entering the lake:

OVERTOPS

First high tide

Second high tide

Friday 5th June

7.20am7.47pm

Saturday 6th June

8.08am

8.33pm

Sunday 7th June

8.54am

9.17pmMonday 8th June

9.37am

10.00pm

Visitors are asked to use the lake and surrounds respectfully:

1. Take all rubbish home.

2. Use the public toilets behind the arcade.

3. Barbecue on the beach not by the lake.

4. Respect social distancing on the promenade using the yellow spray lines to stay 2m apart.

5. Stay off the pontoon (blue island in the middle of the lake) as it is too small to support social distancing.