Shirehampton
Shirehampton is a district of Bristol in England, near Avonmouth, at the northwestern edge of the city.
Shirehampton is a district of Bristol in England, near Avonmouth, at the northwestern edge of the city.
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Worth seeing in and around Shirehampton
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.
- 01Kings Weston House
Kings Weston House is a historic building in Kings Weston Lane, Kingsweston, Bristol, England. Built during the early 18th century, it was remodelled several times, most recently in the mid-19th century.
700 m · Grade I listed country house in Lawrence Weston, Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Avonmouth 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.
1.6 km · Bridge on M5 near Bristol, England · Wikipedia - 03Blaise Castle Estate
Blaise Castle Estate is a public park near Henbury in Bristol, England. The estate includes Blaise Castle House, a Grade II* listed 18th-century mansion house; Blaise Castle, a Grade II* listed folly built in 1766; and other listed ancillary buildings including an orangery and dairy.
2.5 km · parkland surrounding Blaise Castle near Henbury in Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England. The first church on the site was established in the 8th century.
3.8 km · Grade I listed church in Westbury on Trym, Bristol, England · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Church, Henbury
St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Henbury, a suburb of Bristol, England. Located within an extensive churchyard visible from the nearby Blaise Castle Estate, the building has been designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building.
3.1 km · church in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06University of Bristol Botanic Garden
The University of Bristol Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in Bristol, England. The garden moved to its current site in Stoke Bishop in 2005, having previously been at three other sites in the city.
3.7 km · Botanical garden in Bristol · Wikipedia - 07Westbury College Gatehouse
Westbury College Gatehouse is a 15th-century gatehouse to the 13th-century college of priests in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England, and now a National Trust property.
3.7 km · Grade I listed College and gatehouse in Bristol, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08St 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.
3.8 km · church in Portbury, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton
Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton is an 11 acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bristol, England, on the north bank of a lower, tidal stretch of the River Avon, 1.9 miles downstream from the Avon Gorge, and just east of Shirehampton. It was notified as an SSSI in 1999.
900 m · Site of special scientific interest in Bristol, England · Wikipedia - 10Henbury Village Hall
Henbury Village Hall was built as a school in the Henbury area of Bristol, England. It was built in 1830 in a Tudor Revival style by Thomas Rickman, on the site of a charity school which had stood on the site since 1601.
3.1 km · village hall in City of Bristol, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shirehampton
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 13 km · Cardiff (CWL), 48 km · Birmingham (BHX), 124 km
- Stations
- St Andrews Road railway station, 2.7 km · Avonmouth railway station, 2 km · Shirehampton railway station, 1.3 km · Sea Mills railway station, 2.2 km · Ham Green Halt railway station, 2 km
- Cardiff → Shirehampton35 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–7
- London → Shirehampton177 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · £18–24
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Shirehampton122 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £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 Shirehampton
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 Shirehampton. 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 Shirehampton
Shirehampton is 7 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Abbots Leighvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England3.9 km
- Easton-in-Gordanovillage in Somerset, England, UK2.8 km
- Pillvillage in Somerset, United Kingdom2 km
- Hallenvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2.9 km
- Blaise Hamlethamlet in Henbury, Bristol, UK2.8 km
- Stoke Bishopsuburb of Bristol, England, UK3.3 km