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Uphill

Uphill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston-super-Mare, in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast.

Uphill
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The place

Uphill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston-super-Mare, in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Uphill

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
    Grand Pier

    The Grand Pier is a pleasure pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles southwest of Bristol. It opened in 1904 and has been Listed Grade II since 1983.

    2.8 km · pier with pier pavilion in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Birnbeck Pier

    Birnbeck Pier, also known as the 'Old Pier', is a pier and island situated on the Bristol Channel in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, approximately 18 miles south-west of Bristol. It is the only pier in the country which links the mainland to an island, linking to Birnbeck Island, a 1.2-hectare rocky island just to the west of Worlebury Hill.

    3.9 km · pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    The Town Hall

    Weston-super-Mare Town Hall is a municipal building in Walliscote Grove Road in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The building, which is the headquarters of North Somerset Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    2.5 km · town hall in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Bridget

    St Bridget's Church, Brean is the Church of England parish church of the village of Brean in Somerset, England. The parish is part of a benefice with the Parish Church of St Mary, Berrow.

    3.6 km · church in Brean, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Multi-period site on Brean Down

    Brean Down Fort was a Victorian naval fortification designed to protect the Bristol Channel. It was built 60 feet above sea level on the headland at Brean Down, 9 miles south of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.

    2.2 km · archaeological site and fort in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Peter & St Paul, Bleadon

    The Church of St Peter and St Paul dominates the village of Bleadon, Somerset, England. It was built in the 14th century, being restored and the chancel shortened in the mid 19th century.

    2.8 km · church in Bleadon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hutton Court

    Hutton Court is a country house at Hutton, Somerset, England, built in the 15th century as a manor house. It is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.

    3.3 km · historic site in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    The Helicopter Museum

    The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civilian and military. It is based at the southeastern corner of the former Weston-super-Mare RAF Base.

    3.7 km · aviation museum in Somerset, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Blakehay Theatre

    The Blakehay Theatre is a 207-seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. Its building was originally a 19th-century Baptist church.

    3.1 km · theatre in Weston-super-Mare, originally a Baptist church · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Weston College

    Weston College of Further and Higher Education is a general college of further and higher education in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It provides education and vocational training from age 14 to adult.

    3.1 km · college in North Somerset, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Uphill

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 19 km · Cardiff (CWL), 27 km · Birmingham (BHX), 151 km
Stations
Weston-super-Mare railway station, 2.4 km · Weston Milton railway station, 3.6 km · RAF Weston-super-Mare, 3 km
  • London → Uphill
    199 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · £21–27
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Uphill
    149 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £15–21
  • Luton, Luton → Uphill
    187 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · £23–30
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Uphill

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

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    119 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    137 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    494 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    501 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    530 km

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Around it

Next door to Uphill

Uphill is 22 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Weston-super-Maretown in North Somerset, England2.7 km
  • Bleadonvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.8 km
  • Breanvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.5 km
  • Huttonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK3.5 km