Bishopsworth
Bishopsworth is a suburban neighbourhood and electoral ward of the city of Bristol.
Bishopsworth is a suburban neighbourhood and electoral ward of the city of Bristol. It is located in the south of the city and has a high proportion of council housing. Local facilities include shops and pubs, a public library, community arts centre and an indoor skate park.
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Worth seeing in and around Bishopsworth
10 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.
- 01Ashton Gate Stadium
Ashton Gate is a multi-use stadium in Ashton Gate, Bristol, England, and is the home of the Bristol Bears rugby team and the Bristol City football team. Located in the south-west of the city, just south of the River Avon, it currently has an all-seated capacity of 26,462, though for marketing reasons this figure has often been advertised as 27,000.
2.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02SS Great Britain
SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship that was advanced for her time. The largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1853, she was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York City.
3.9 km · 1843 passenger steamship and museum in Bristol, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Michael, Dundry
The parish church of St Michael the Archangel in Dundry, Somerset, England has a tower which was built in 1484, with the rest dated 1861. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
2.1 km · church in Dundry, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Peters Church, Bishopsworth
St Peter's is a Neo Norman style church in Bishopsworth, Bristol, England.
200 m · church in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05M Shed
M Shed is a museum in Bristol, England, located on Prince's Wharf beside the Floating Harbour in a dockside transit shed formerly occupied by Bristol Industrial Museum. The museum's name is derived from the way that the port identified each of its sheds.
3.9 km · museum in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Greville Smyth Park
Greville Smyth Park is a late-Victorian public park in the Ashton Gate area of Bristol, England. Covering roughly 25.5 acres beside the River Avon, it provides formal sports pitches, a bowling green, children's play spaces and a small nature garden.
3.1 km · public park in Bristol, England · Wikipedia - 07Ashton Avenue Bridge
The Ashton Avenue Bridge is a pedestrian, cycling and busway bridge in Bristol, England. Grade II listed, it was constructed as a road-rail bridge as part of the Bristol Harbour Railway.
3.5 km · grade II listed bridge in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of All Saints
The Anglican Church of All Saints in Long Ashton was built in the 14th century although much of the fabric was rebuilt in the 1870s. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.8 km · church in Long Ashton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Hydraulic Engine House
The Hydraulic engine house is part of the "Underfall Yard" in Bristol Harbour in Bristol, England. The octagonal brick and terracotta chimney of the engine house dates from 1888, and is Grade II* listed, as is the hydraulic engine house itself.
3.6 km · engine house in City of Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Bedminster Town Hall
Bedminster Town Hall is a former events venue in Cannon Street in Bedminster, a suburb of Bristol in England. The building is currently in use as a furniture shop.
3.2 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bishopsworth
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 8 km · Cardiff (CWL), 50 km · Birmingham (BHX), 130 km
- Stations
- Bedminster railway station, 3.4 km · Parson Street railway station, 2.2 km · Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport, 2.4 km · Long Ashton railway station, 2.4 km · Clifton Bridge railway station, 3.6 km
- Cardiff → Bishopsworth39 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £7–9
- London → Bishopsworth173 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £18–24
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Bishopsworth128 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £13–18
- 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 Bishopsworth
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 Bishopsworth. 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
From Wikivoyage: Bristol, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Bishopsworth – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Bishopsworth
Bishopsworth is 5 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Long Ashtonvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.6 km
- Dundryvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.5 km
- Barrow Gurneyvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England3.4 km
- Bedminstersuburb of Bristol, England3 km
- Whitchurchsuburb of Bristol, England3.6 km
- Ashton Gatesuburb of Bristol, England, United Kingdom2.9 km