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Littleton-upon-Severn

Littleton-upon-Severn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aust, in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England, near the mouth of the River Severn, located to the west of Thornbury.

The place

Littleton-upon-Severn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aust, in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England, near the mouth of the River Severn, located to the west of Thornbury. Historically, it belonged to the Hundred of Langley and Swinehead. In 1931, the parish had a population of 179. On 1 April 1935, the parish was abolished and merged with Aust.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Littleton-upon-Severn

3 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
    Severn Bridge

    Suspension bridge in Gloucestershire, England

    3.8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Thornbury Castle

    Grade I listed castle in South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Aust Cliff

    Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, UK

    3.1 km · 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.

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Getting to Littleton-upon-Severn

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 27 km · Cardiff (CWL), 57 km · Birmingham (BHX), 110 km
  • Cardiff → Littleton-upon-Severn
    43 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £5–7
  • London → Littleton-upon-Severn
    170 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · £18–24
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Littleton-upon-Severn
    108 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £12–15
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Littleton-upon-Severn

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 Littleton-upon-Severn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextThe bridge over the river, which opened in 1906 and replaced a ferry (which promptly went bankrupt owing to an inevitable loss of custom), is particularly fine.

From Wikivoyage: Tintern, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    136 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    152 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    472 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    508 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    513 km

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Around it

Next door to Littleton-upon-Severn

Littleton-upon-Severn is 17 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Austvillage in South Gloucestershire, England2.5 km
  • Olvestonvillage in South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom2.7 km
  • Oldbury-on-Severnvillage and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England3.1 km
  • Elbertonvillage in South Gloucestershire, England, UK900 m
  • Tockingtonvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK3.8 km
  • Cowhillvillage in Gloucestershire, England1.8 km