Blaise Hamlet
Blaise Hamlet is a group of nine small cottages around a green in Henbury, now a district in the north of Bristol, England.
Blaise Hamlet is a group of nine small cottages around a green in Henbury, now a district in the north of Bristol, England. All the cottages, and the sundial on the green, are Grade I listed buildings. Along with Blaise Castle, the hamlet is listed, Grade II*, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Nikolaus Pevsner described Blaise Hamlet as "the ne plus ultra of picturesque layout and design".
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Worth seeing in and around Blaise Hamlet
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.
- 01Kings Weston House
Kings Weston House is a historic building in Kings Weston Lane, Kingsweston, Bristol, England. Built during the early 18th century, it was remodelled several times, most recently in the mid-19th century.
2.3 km · Grade I listed country house in Lawrence Weston, Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Bristol Zoo Project
Bristol Zoo Project, formerly known as the Wild Place Project, is a wildlife conservation park in South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It is run by Bristol Zoological Society and was the sister site of Bristol Zoo Gardens until closure of that site in 2022.
2.8 km · wildlife conservation park in South Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia - 03Blaise Castle Estate
Blaise Castle Estate is a public park near Henbury in Bristol, England. The estate includes Blaise Castle House, a Grade II* listed 18th-century mansion house; Blaise Castle, a Grade II* listed folly built in 1766; and other listed ancillary buildings including an orangery and dairy.
500 m · parkland surrounding Blaise Castle near Henbury in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England. The first church on the site was established in the 8th century.
2 km · Grade I listed church in Westbury on Trym, Bristol, England · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Church, Henbury
St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Henbury, a suburb of Bristol, England. Located within an extensive churchyard visible from the nearby Blaise Castle Estate, the building has been designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building.
300 m · church in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06University of Bristol Botanic Garden
The University of Bristol Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in Bristol, England. The garden moved to its current site in Stoke Bishop in 2005, having previously been at three other sites in the city.
3.4 km · Botanical garden in Bristol · Wikipedia - 07Westbury College Gatehouse
Westbury College Gatehouse is a 15th-century gatehouse to the 13th-century college of priests in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England, and now a National Trust property.
1.9 km · Grade I listed College and gatehouse in Bristol, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton
Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton is an 11 acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bristol, England, on the north bank of a lower, tidal stretch of the River Avon, 1.9 miles downstream from the Avon Gorge, and just east of Shirehampton. It was notified as an SSSI in 1999.
2.8 km · Site of special scientific interest in Bristol, England · Wikipedia - 09Canford Park
Canford Park is a public open park located in the Westbury-on-Trym neighbourhood of Bristol, England. Opened during the Victorian period, it is adjacent to the Canford Cemetery and Crematorium, which opened in 1903.
1.7 km · park in Bristol, England · Wikipedia - 10The Old Lodge
The Old Lodge, also known as the Thatched Cottage and 166 Henleaze Road, is a notable landmark in Henleaze in Bristol, England. According to Reece Winstone, writing in 1970, this is the only privately owned thatched house in Bristol.
2.9 km · house in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Blaise Hamlet
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 15 km · Cardiff (CWL), 51 km · Birmingham (BHX), 122 km
- Stations
- Bristol Filton Airport, 3.2 km · Shirehampton railway station, 3.9 km · Sea Mills railway station, 3.2 km · Chittening Platform railway station, 3.4 km · Hallen Halt railway station, 700 m
- Cardiff → Blaise Hamlet38 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £6–8
- London → Blaise Hamlet174 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £17–23
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Blaise Hamlet119 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £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 Blaise Hamlet
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 Blaise Hamlet. 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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Blaise Hamlet is 6 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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