https://somersetdaily.co.uk/tags/waverley/Recent content in waverley on Somerset DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 04 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/iconic-waverley-paddle-steamer-set-to-make-daily-calls-at-reopened-birnbeck-pier/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/iconic-waverley-paddle-steamer-set-to-make-daily-calls-at-reopened-birnbeck-pier/The iconic Waverley paddle steamer could soon be making daily visits to Weston-super-Mare with the planned reopening of Birnbeck Pier. A major restoration project is currently revitalizing the historic and long-neglected pier, sparking hopes that the north jetty’s refurbishment will once again welcome thousands of tourists traveling along the Bristol Channel. Paul Semple, general manager of P.S. Waverley, expressed his enthusiasm to the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “If the north jetty is recommissioned for ship calls, it will feel like turning back the hands of time to the days when paddle steamers regularly visited.