Nice stopover off the M5 (nr Bristol)

[Happyelfjokeday]

Hi - advice needed! We’re off for a long weekend in Cornwall, setting off from Birmingham. Will be a 4 hr journey so considering going the afternoon before and trying to get halfway-ish to break the journey up, and also have a nice wander somewhere/nice dinner/nice hotel on our way. Feeling tempted by Bristol as would be good to walk round and eat... but it’s only 90 mins from home and ideally would get a bit further down the motorway... any ideas? Taunton seems to be about 2 hrs which is ideal but not sure what it’s like? No kids - just a lovely adult weekend so can wander, go into coffee shops and not need to worry about playgrounds - so just want to find somewhere nice, any advice welcomed! Thank you

Following with interest. We've toyed with the idea of a stopover in Weston-super-Mare or Glastonbury but not got round to it yet, so no advice I'm afraid.

Don't go to Weston-super-mare, it's a shithole.

Clevedon is fairly nice.

If you have national trust membership: knightshayes or killerton.

What area of Cornwall are you travelling to? If you are going quite far down then I would suggest stopping at Exeter as the A30 is notoriously slow so you may take longer on that stretch even though it may be a shorter distance. Exeter Quay is lovely with pubs and restaurants and little crafty places located in the cellars?

Try Brean Down
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/brean-down

Clevedon could make sense as a nearly halfway point! Exeter 3 hrs out of a 4 hr journey so probably a bit further than we wanted to go on day 1 - but thanks all for suggestions! (We do have national trust membership as well!)

lots of people break the journey at Tyntesfield (NT), but Clevedon is nice. Try Tiffin's cafe on the front