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 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.
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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.
- 01Grand 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 - 02Birnbeck 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 - 03The 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 - 04Church 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 - 05Multi-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 - 06Church 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 - 07Hutton 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 - 08The 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 - 09Blakehay 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 - 10Weston 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 → Uphill199 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · £21–27
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Uphill149 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £15–21
- Luton, Luton → Uphill187 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · £23–30
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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.
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.
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If you know how people move in Uphill – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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