Portbury
Portbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the unitary authority of North Somerset.
Portbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet Sheepway, which is situated on moorland at the northern edge of the Gordano valley, between the Gordano services on the M5 motorway and Portishead, near the Royal Portbury Dock. The parish has a population of 827.
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Worth seeing in and around Portbury
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.
- 01Tyntesfield
Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival country house and estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building named after the Tynte baronets, who had owned estates in the area since about 1500.
3.3 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm is a 100-acre zoo developed on a working farm in Wraxall, North Somerset, 6 miles west of Bristol, England. It is home to the largest elephant facility in northern Europe.
2.5 km · Creationist zoo · Wikipedia - 03Avonmouth Bridge
The Avonmouth Bridge is a road bridge that carries the M5 motorway over the River Avon into Somerset near Bristol, England. The main span is 538 ft long, and the bridge is 4,554 ft long, with an air draught above mean high water level of 98.4 ft.
2.6 km · Bridge on M5 near Bristol, England · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Michael, Clapton in Gordano
The Church of St Michael in Clapton in Gordano, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was vested in the Trust on 1 June 1995.
3.8 km · church in Clapton in Gordano, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Peter, Portishead
The Norman Church of St Peter in Portishead, Somerset, England, was built in 1320, on the site of a previous church, and rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries in the Perpendicular Gothic style. In 1952 it was made a Grade I listed building.
3.9 km · church in Portishead, North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Church, Portbury
St Mary's Church in Portbury, Somerset, England, is an Anglican parish church close to the M5 motorway. It is a Grade I listed building.
600 m · church in Portbury, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Clapton Court
Clapton Court is a Grade II listed building, in Clapton in Gordano within the English county of Somerset. Local lords of the manor, the Arthur family originally built on the site.
3.9 km · building in Clapton-in-Gordano, North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08All Saints Church, Wraxall
All Saints' Church is the parish church in Wraxall, Somerset, England. It has been dedicated "to all the Saints".
3.1 km · church in Wraxall, North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Charlton House, Wraxall
Charlton House is a historic building in Wraxall, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
1.5 km · house in Wraxall and Failand, North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Leigh Court
Leigh Court is a country house which is a Grade II* listed building in Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England. The grounds and park are listed, Grade II, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.
4 km · country house in Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Portbury
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 10 km · Cardiff (CWL), 44 km · Birmingham (BHX), 128 km
- Stations
- Avonmouth railway station, 3.6 km · Shirehampton railway station, 3 km · Ham Green Halt railway station, 3.2 km · Port of Bristol, 3.7 km · Portbury railway station, 1.1 km
- Cardiff → Portbury32 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £5–7
- London → Portbury180 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £18–24
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Portbury125 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £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 Portbury
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 Portbury. 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 Portbury – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Portbury
Portbury is 8 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Clapton in Gordanovillage and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset, England2.8 km
- Easton-in-Gordanovillage in Somerset, England, UK1.4 km
- Wraxallvillage in North Somerset, United Kingdom3.4 km
- Wraxall and Failandcivil parish in Somerset, England3.4 km
- Failandvillage in Somerset, England3.9 km
- Pillvillage in Somerset, United Kingdom2.3 km