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view of Bristol from Cabot Tower

Bristol

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction NE)

Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame..

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Severn beach

Severn Beach

(8.2 miles, 13.3 km, direction N)

From this pleasant spot it is possible to get the most marvellous views of the two impressive bridges spanning the River Severn...

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Hatters Lane, Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction NE)

Chipping Sodbury is an historic market town in the county of Gloucestershire, in south-west England. It was founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. Nestled in the heart.....

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Bath Abbey, Bath

Bath

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction SE)

Bath is an elegant city famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman attractions from which it got it's name. The traveller James Boswell who visited the city.....

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Cheddar

Cheddar

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SW)

Often called 'Englands Grand Canyon' Chedder Gorge was carved out by a river that now runs underground...

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Somerset Monument, Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucestershire 2014

Hawkesbury Upton

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction NE)

A picturesque village in South Gloucestershire, along the Cotswold Way. The Somerset Monument on the Cotswold Edge nearby, was designed by Lewis Vulliamy, and was constructed in.....

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Badminton Horse Trials, Gloucestershire 2022

Badminton

(15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction NE)

Badminton is a picturesque Cotswold village in Gloucestershire, famous for its horse trials and for Badminton House, which has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort.....

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Wookey Hole

Wookey Hole

(15.7 miles, 25.2 km, direction S)

It is a pleasant resort village made famous by the glittering limestone cavern known as "Wookey Hole" which comprises of several dramatic chambers...

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Little Badminton Village from Badminton Park, Gloucestershire 2011

Little Badminton

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction NE)

A picturesque village..

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Avoncliff and Bradford on Avon

Avoncliff

(16.4 miles, 26.5 km, direction SE)

A picturesque village in Wiltshire, within walking distance of the historic town of Bradford-on-Avon..

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Georgian House, Bristol

(0.4 miles, 0.6 km)

Centuries ago the great docks of Bristol drew many wealthy merchants to the town, fortunes were founded by these early.....

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Bristol - Cabot Tower

Cabot Tower, Bristol

(0.4 miles, 0.6 km)

One of two towers dominating the Bristol skyline, and not far from Brunel's Suspension Bridge, Cabot tower stands 100ft high.....

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The At-Bristol planetarium. Bristol

At-Bristol

(0.4 miles, 0.7 km)

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Red Lodge, Bristol

(0.6 miles, 0.9 km)

This magnificent house in Park Row, Bristol was built in 1570 by merchant John Yonge; the upper parts were rebuilt in the 18th.....

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Bristol Cathedral

Bristol Cathedral

(0.7 miles, 1.1 km)

The great, stirring building of Bristol Cathedral was initially given cathedral status by Henry VIII, at this time it was a.....

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View of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Clifton, Bristol, Somerset. Summer 2004

Clifton Suspension Bridge

(1.0 miles, 1.6 km)

Bristol's graceful Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It spans the Avon Gorge some 245ft above.....

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Riders at Ashton Court

Ashton Court Estate, Bristol

(2.2 miles, 3.6 km, direction W)

The great estate of Ashton Court bristles with history. The heart of the estate is a magnificent mansion with a long elegant.....

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Oldbury Court Estate, Bristol

(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction NE)

This country estate is a wonderland on which a grand house once stood. It was owned and lived in by the Vassall family, and.....

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Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset

Tyntesfield

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction W)

Tyntesfield is a spectacular Victorian country house and grounds, owned by the National Trust..

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Blacknore Lighthouse

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction W)

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