Hans Price Close

Strip away the modern housing estates and you'll find this curious collection of Victorian workers' cottages that tells a proper story about Burnham-on-Sea's industrial past. Hans Price Close comprises a row of red-brick terraced houses built in the 1870s for employees of the local brickworks - though you wouldn't know it from the street signs.

The houses themselves aren't open to the public, but walking through gives you a real sense of how working families lived during Somerset's brick-making boom. Each cottage follows the same compact layout: two up, two down, with tiny front gardens that would have housed vegetable plots back in the day.

History enthusiasts will appreciate the intact period features - original sash windows, decorative brickwork, and the tell-tale chimney stacks that mark proper Victorian craftsmanship. Architecture buffs get more from this than casual visitors, though anyone curious about local heritage will find it worth the short detour from Burnham-on-Sea's seafront.

Allow twenty minutes for a proper look, though there's not much to photograph beyond the street frontage. It's completely free to wander through, obviously, and makes sense as part of a broader exploration of Burnham's Victorian legacy. Families staying at nearby parks like Channel View or Warren Farm could easily combine this with a trip into town - though frankly, most kids will be keener on the beach five minutes away.