Photos of Watchet Harbour
About Watchet Harbour
Watchet Harbour sits facing out into the Bristol Channel toward Wales. It worked as a bustling commercial port until 2000, it was reopened as a marina the year after. Two stone piers wrap round it, with a narrow entrance between them. A small red cast iron lighthouse stands at the end of the west pier, uniquely topped with a weather vane. The tide is what makes this harbour such an amazing shooting location. The change in the water level between high and low tide in the channel is drastic. During low tide the harbour drains completely, plus the foreshore dries out for half a mile. Ideally plan on coming to shoot the harbour twice in the same day. At low water the boats sit directly on the mud and the piers stand well above them. During high water it slowly re-fills and the lighthouse reflects off the surface. That lighthouse is also an amazing shooting subject to capture while you are here, from the pier or from the esplanade. Low sun warms the red iron against grey water. East Quay on the far side of the harbour is a unique modern arts building that features accommodation pods made from shipping containers. Plus steam trains run into Watchet station right beside the water. This one little area is overflowing with shooting possibilities. (Watchet, Somerset, England)
