North Common, Gloucestershire
North Common is a village just outside Warmley, Bristol, in South Gloucestershire, England.
North Common is a village just outside Warmley, Bristol, in South Gloucestershire, England. Historically this was a rural hamlet surrounded by farmland. The residents are fortunate enough that to the east of the village is attractive rolling countryside, with views of Lansdown, and the surrounding hills. The village is on the eastern outskirts of Bristol and approximately halfway between Bristol city centre and the neighbouring city of Bath.
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Worth seeing in and around North Common, Gloucestershire
9 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.
- 01Holy 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.
2.8 km · church in South Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Whitefield'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.
3 km · church in South Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Keynsham Lock
Keynsham Lock is a canal lock situated on the River Avon at Keynsham, England. The Bristol Avon Navigation, which runs the 15 miles from the Kennet and Avon Canal at Hanham Lock to the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth, was constructed between 1724 and 1727, following legislation passed by Queen Anne, by a company of proprietors and the engineer John Hore of Newbury.
3.6 km · Canal Lock · Wikipedia - 04Avon Valley Country Park
Avon Valley Country Park is a 50-acre country park in Keynsham, Somerset, England. The park offers a variety of rides for children including Chair-o-planes, a small children's chair swing, Dino Jeeps, the Big Red, an outdoors drop slide, the Strawberry Line Miniature Railway, and the Play Barn.
3.6 km · country park in England · Wikipedia - 05Swineford Lock
Swineford Lock is a canal lock situated on the River Avon, at the village of Swineford, England. The Bristol Avon Navigation, which runs the 15 miles from the Kennet and Avon Canal at Hanham Lock to the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth, was constructed between 1724 and 1727, following legislation passed by Queen Anne, by a company of proprietors and the engineer John Hore of Newbury.
3.8 km · canal lock in Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia - 06Stidham Farm
Stidham Farm is a 17.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1991. This site contains Pleistocene terrace-gravels of the River Avon.
4 km · Geological site in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Avon Valley Railway
The Avon Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Gloucestershire, England, operated by a local group, the Avon Valley Railway Company Ltd. The 3-mile heritage line runs from Oldland Common to Avon Riverside.
1.7 km · heritage railway in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Bickley Wood
Bickley Wood is a 9.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of River Avon, near the village of Longwell Green, Bristol, notified in 1988.
3.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Bury Manor
Bury Manor Castle is an early 19th-century house in the village of Wick, South Gloucestershire, England. It was built in Gothic Revival style.
3.2 km · house in Wick, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to North Common, Gloucestershire
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 19 km · Cardiff (CWL), 61 km · Birmingham (BHX), 122 km
- Stations
- Keynsham railway station, 3.9 km · Warmley railway station, 1.3 km · Avon Riverside railway station, 3.7 km · Bitton railway station, 2.1 km · Oldland Common railway station, 600 m
- Cardiff → North Common, Gloucestershire50 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £7–9
- London → North Common, Gloucestershire162 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £16–22
- Birmingham, West Midlands → North Common, Gloucestershire121 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £13–17
- 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 North Common, Gloucestershire
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 North Common, Gloucestershire. 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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Next door to North Common, Gloucestershire
North Common, Gloucestershire is 9 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Sistonvillage and civil parish in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom3.1 km
- Wickvillage in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom3.2 km