HeyJaredPeter Archer
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- Aug 15, 2026
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Making Waves: The Tropicana should be a lido, not a music venue (opens the original)
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The latest news is the Tropicana on Weston-super-Mare beachfront is being surveyed before planning permission is sought to turn the iconic former lido into an outdoor rock arena, writes Peter Archer. Why don’t council leaders listen to the overwhelming call from residents to reinstate the public pool? It seems they would rather give away a valuable civic asset on a 25-year lease to entertainment giants Live Nation. North Somerset Council says it would be too expensive to turn the Tropicana back
Making Waves: Quality retail therapy would raise the mood in Weston (opens the original)
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Regeneration is a buzzword in rundown Britain, especially in struggling seaside resorts, writes Peter Archer. Focus is invariably on depleted high streets, still searching for a response to online and out-of-town shopping. In Weston-super-Mare, for example, North Somerset Council has sunk an undisclosed chunk of a £20m local regeneration grant into refurbishing four empty shops in the main retail street and upgrading two units in the Sovereign Centre. So far, one of the council-owned, renovated
Making Waves: Weston could benefit from more seafront beach huts (opens the original)
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It’s time Weston-super-Mare had more beach huts on the seafront, writes Peter Archer. Only nine remain after a calamitous pilot scheme over a decade ago, when 24 huts were trialled. But a combination of unimaginative marketing, resulting in low demand, and storm damage wrecked what could still be a winner for Weston. Brightly painted beach huts are an enduring seaside attraction and are in great demand everywhere, apart from here it seems. Bournemouth, for example, has 3,700 council-owned beach
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