Keynsham
Keynsham is a town and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset district of Somerset, England.
Keynsham is a town and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset district of Somerset, England. It lies close to the south-eastern outskirts of the city of Bristol, on the A4 road that links Bristol and Bath. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 19,596 and the built-up area had a population of 19,255. It was listed in the Domesday Book as Cainesham, which is believed to mean the home of Saint Keyne.
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Worth seeing in and around Keynsham
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.
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- 03Church of All Saints, Publow
Church in Publow, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK
5.2 km · Wikipedia - 04
- 05Newton St Loe Castle
Grade I listed castle in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK
5.9 km · Wikipedia - 06
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- 09Church of St Margaret, Queen Charlton
Church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK
2.5 km · Wikipedia - 10Church of St John the Baptist, Keynsham
Church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK
500 m · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Keynsham
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 16 km · Cardiff (CWL), 59 km · Birmingham (BHX), 127 km
- Stations
- Keynsham railway station, 500 m · Warmley railway station, 5.4 km · Brislington railway station, 4.6 km · Avon Riverside railway station, 2.7 km · Bitton railway station, 2.4 km
- Cardiff → Keynsham48 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £7–9
- London → Keynsham165 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · £17–23
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Keynsham126 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £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 Keynsham
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 Keynsham. 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 Keynsham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Keynsham
Keynsham is 8 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Saltfordvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.9 km
- Pensfordvillage in the civil parish of Publow with Pensford in Somerset, England5.9 km
- Bittonvillage and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England2.8 km
- Compton Dandovillage in Somerset, England, UK3.8 km
- Corstonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom4.9 km
- Kelstonvillage in Somerset, England4.7 km