Kingswood

Worth seeing in and around Kingswood

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.

1. 01
   University of the West of England

   The University of the West of England, also known as UWE Bristol, is a public research university, located in and around Bristol, England. With over 37,000 students and 4,200 staff, it is the largest provider of higher education in the South West of England.

   5.4 km · university in Bristol, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bristol Castle

   Bristol Castle was a Norman castle established in the late 11th century on the north bank of the River Avon in Bristol. Remains can be seen today in Castle Park near the Broadmead Shopping Centre, including the sally port.

   5.8 km · Norman castle in Bristol · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bristol Jamia Mosque

   The Bristol Jamia Mosque is a mosque in the Totterdown area of Bristol, England. It was the first mosque in Bristol and is currently the largest in the south west of England.

   5.7 km · mosque in Bristol, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Temple Church

   Temple Church, also known as Holy Cross Church, is a ruined church in Redcliffe, Bristol, England. It is on the site of a previous, round church of the Knights Templar, which they built on land granted to them in the second quarter of the 12th century by Robert of Gloucester.

   5.7 km · church in Bristol, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Portland Square

   Portland Square is a Grade I listed square in the St Paul's area of Bristol. It was laid out in the early 18th century as one of Bristol's first suburbs.

   5.6 km · square in Bristol, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Quakers Friars

   Quakers Friars is a Grade I listed 18th-century building in Broadmead, Bristol, England. Part of the former Blackfriars Priory site, it was used as a Quaker meeting house for nearly three hundred years, more recently serving as a registry office, a theatre, and a series of restaurants.

   5.7 km · church in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   British Empire and Commonwealth Museum

   The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum was a museum in Bristol, England, exploring the history of the British Empire and the effect of British colonial rule on the rest of the world. The museum opened in 2002 and entered voluntary liquidation in 2013.

   5.6 km · museum in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Paul's Church, Bristol

   St Paul's Church, a redundant church, gives its name to the surrounding St Paul's area of Bristol, England. It was built in the 1790s but fell into disuse and disrepair by its closure in 1988.

   5.5 km · church in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood

   Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, is an Anglican parish church in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England. It has been designated as a grade II* listed building.

   200 m · church in South Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood

    Whitefield's sometimes Whitfield's Tabernacle is a former Calvinistic Methodist and Congregational church in Kingswood, a town on the eastern edge of Bristol where George Whitefield preached in the open air to coal miners. The name refers to two buildings in which the congregation met.

    300 m · church in South Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kingswood

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 17 km · Cardiff (CWL), 59 km · Birmingham (BHX), 122 km

Stations

Bristol Temple Meads railway station, 5.3 km · Keynsham railway station, 4.7 km · Montpelier railway station, 5.9 km · Stapleton Road railway station, 4.3 km · Lawrence Hill railway station, 4.1 km

• Cardiff → Kingswood

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £6–8
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• London → Kingswood

  25 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £2.5–3.5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Kingswood

  122 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £13–17
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