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Priston

Priston is a civil parish and village 4 miles (6 km) south west of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, which is within the English ceremonial county of Somerset.

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The place

Priston is a civil parish and village 4 miles (6 km) south west of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, which is within the English ceremonial county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Wilmington.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Priston

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
    Bath Spa University

    Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about 3+1⁄2 miles west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath and London, as well as a site at Corsham Court in Wiltshire.

    3.6 km · university in Bath and North East Somerset, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Newton Park

    Newton Park is an 18th-century Grade I listed country house in the parish of Newton St Loe, Somerset, England, situated 4 miles west of Bath.

    3.6 km · Grade I listed building in Newton St Loe, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Culverhay Castle

    Culverhay Castle, also known as Englishcombe Castle, was a castle in the village of Englishcombe, Somerset, England.

    3.5 km · castle in Englishcombe, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Newton St Loe Castle

    Newton St Loe Castle was a fortified manor house in the village of Newton St Loe, Somerset, England. Parts of it survive: a 14th-century keep and 15th-century gatehouse, both Grade I listed buildings.

    3.4 km · Grade I listed castle in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Somerset Coal Canal

    The Somerset Coal Canal was a narrow canal in England, built around 1800. Its route began in basins at Paulton and Timsbury, ran to nearby Camerton, over two aqueducts at Dunkerton, through a tunnel at Combe Hay, then via Midford and Monkton Combe to Limpley Stoke where it joined the Kennet and Avon Canal.

    2.4 km · canal in Somerset, England · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Peter's Church, Camerton Park

    The Church of St Peter at Camerton Park in Camerton, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. From 1800 to 1839 the vicar was the archaeologist John Skinner.

    3.2 km · church in Camerton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Lawrence, Stanton Prior

    The Anglican Church of St Lawrence in Stanton Prior, Somerset, England, has its origins in the 12th century but is mainly 15th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.

    2.7 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St Luke and St Andrew, Priston

    The Church of St Luke and St Andrew in Priston, Somerset, England has a nave dating from the 12th century, on the site of an earlier Norman church. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

    200 m · church in Priston, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church of St Peter, Englishcombe

    The Church of St Peter is the Church of England parish church of Englishcombe, Somerset, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

    3.2 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of All Saints, Farmborough

    The Church of All Saints is an Anglican parish church in Farmborough, Somerset, England. It was principally built in the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

    3.3 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · 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 Priston

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 20 km · Cardiff (CWL), 63 km · Birmingham (BHX), 132 km
Stations
Camerton railway station, 3 km
  • Cardiff → Priston
    54 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £8–11
  • London → Priston
    161 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · £17–23
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Priston
    132 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £14–19
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Priston

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextBristol — with its many attractions situated around the floating harbour and Avon Gorge, is 12 miles drive or 15 minutes train journey away, and makes an excellent day trip from Bath.

From Wikivoyage: Bath, 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

    108 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    156 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    503 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    534 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    539 km

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

Around it

Next door to Priston

Priston is 17 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Timsburyvillage and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England3.1 km
  • Peasedown St Johnvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.3 km
  • Farmboroughvillage and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom3.1 km
  • Marksburyvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England3.2 km
  • Camertonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK2.9 km
  • Englishcombevillage in Somerset, England, UK3.2 km