Almondsbury
Almondsbury is a large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England.
Almondsbury is a large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the A38 road in the Avon Green Belt 7 miles (11 km) north of Bristol city centre. It is adjacent to junction 16 of the M5 motorway and Almondsbury Interchange, where the M4 and M5 cross. It is part of the Bristol Built-up Area.
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Worth seeing in and around Almondsbury
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Aerospace Bristol
Aerospace Bristol is an aerospace museum at Filton, to the north of Bristol, England. The project is run by the Bristol Aero Collection Trust and houses a varied collection of exhibits, including Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the final Concorde to be built and the last to fly.
3.8 km · aerospace museum at Filton, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02RAC Regional Control Centre
The RAC Regional Control Centre is an operations and administration building located in Bradley Stoke, England. Designed by Grimshaw Architects and completed in 1994, it serves as the South West regional headquarters for RAC Limited.
1.3 km · building in Bristol · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Thornbury Museum
4 Chapel St, BS35 2BJ,.
- 02St Mary's Church
Thornbury's High Street, a mixture of Georgian and other classical architecture.
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Where to eat
There is plenty of pubs and takeaways.
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Getting to Almondsbury
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 22 km · Cardiff (CWL), 56 km · Birmingham (BHX), 115 km
- Stations
- Patchway railway station, 3.5 km · Pilning railway station, 3.7 km
- Cardiff → Almondsbury43 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–7
- London → Almondsbury169 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £17–23
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Almondsbury113 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £12–16
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Almondsbury
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Almondsbury. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundA mountain bike is highly recommended over a city bike, even if you don't plan to go off-road.
- Get aroundBristol Ferry Boat runs several ferry services around the harbour, stopping at various quays on route, and providing a commuter service between the city centre and the main rail station.
- Get aroundNumber Seven Boat Trips also offer a ferry service during the summer months.
- Go nextMap of places with Wikivoyage articles nearby Bath, with its famous Regency terraces, Roman remains and spa facilities, is drive or 15 minutes train journey away, and makes an excellent day trip from Bristol.
- Go nextTwo popular rural tourist destinations that are both an hour from Bristol: The Cotswolds The Mendips Further afield the following are possible day trips and worthy destinations: Exmoor Somerset, Dorset, Devon Forest of Dean Brecon Beacons
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If you know how people move in Almondsbury – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Almondsbury
Almondsbury is 11 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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