PEOPLE are being urged not to travel to Brean after scores of people descended on the area last weekend.

The Brean Policing Team issued more than 80 Covid warnings to people from outside the area who had driven there last Saturday and Sunday.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police in Sedgemoor posted on social media: "Remember we are still in lockdown.

"Last weekend our Brean Policing Team issued over 80 Covid warnings to non locals who had travelled to the area.

"The beach remains closed for parking.

"Essential travel only. #COVID19 #stayhomesavelives #staylocal."