Woodspring Priory

#1224 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Woodspring Priory is a former Augustinian priory. It is near the scenic limestone promontory of Sand Point and Middle Hope, owned by the National Trust, beside the Severn Estuary about 3 miles north-east of Weston-super-Mare, within the English unitary authority of North Somerset. Many of the buildings are Grade I listed, and the whole site is scheduled as an ancient monument. ()

Completed: XV centuryCoordinates: 51°23'28"N, 2°56'41"W

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Woodspring Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Weston-super-Mare Town Hall, Sand Bay, Odeon Cinema, The Playhouse.

3.4 miSW
City hall
Weston-super-Mare Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare
88 min walk • 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.
1.2 miSW
Beach
Sand Bay, Weston-super-Mare
30 min walk • Sand Bay is a strip of coast in North Somerset bordered to the south by Worlebury Hill and to the north by Middle Hope and Sand Point. It lies 2 miles north of the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare, and across the Bristol Channel from South Wales. It is adjacent to the village of Kewstoke.
3.3 miSW
Nightlife, Cinema
Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare
86 min walk • The Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England, is an art deco cinema building, designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt. Still largely intact and retaining its originally installed Compton organ, it is a Grade II listed building.
3.2 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare
81 min walk • The Playhouse is a 664-seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, South West England that hosts shows all year round including opera, ballet, comedy, music and pantomime performances.
3.2 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Blakehay Theatre, Weston-super-Mare
81 min walk • The Blakehay Theatre is a 207-seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. Its building was originally a 19th-century Baptist church.
3.4 miSW
Piers and boardwalks
Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare
87 min walk • 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. It is 366 metres long.
3.3 miSW
Piers and boardwalks
Birnbeck Pier, Weston-super-Mare
84 min walk • Birnbeck Pier, also known as the 'Old Pier', is a pier situated on the Bristol Channel in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, approximately 18 miles south-west of Bristol.
3.1 miSW
Museum
Lambretta Museum, Weston-super-Mare
80 min walk • The Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. It houses a total of 61 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May 1971.
3.1 miS
Museum
Weston-super-Mare Museum, Weston-super-Mare
80 min walk • Weston Museum is a museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It was established in 1861. and is home to North Somerset Council museum collection with exhibits relating to Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding area from 400 million years ago to the present day.
3.5 miS
Forts and castles
Locking Castle
91 min walk • Locking Castle was a castle that once stood on Carberry Hill near the site of RAF Locking in Locking in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. It was a motte and bailey on Carberry Hill. Excavations in 1902 identified the remains of a small stone chamber surrounded by a ditch.
3.3 miSW
Architecture
Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare
84 min walk • The Winter Gardens Pavilion is a neo-Georgian pavilion located in the English seaside town of Weston-super-Mare. The pavilion was originally completed in 1927 and included extensive gardens, a tennis court and a putting green.