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Olveston

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Olveston

One place 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
    RAC Regional Control Centre

    Building in Bristol

    3.7 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 Olveston

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 24 km · Cardiff (CWL), 57 km · Birmingham (BHX), 113 km
  • Cardiff → Olveston
    43 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £5–7
  • London → Olveston
    170 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · £17–23
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Olveston
    110 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £12–15
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Olveston

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 Olveston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    133 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    152 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    475 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    511 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    515 km

If you know how people move in Olveston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Olveston

Olveston is 14 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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