Weston Big Wood

#3422 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Weston Big Wood is a 37.48 hectare woodland west of the town of Portishead, North Somerset, England. It is a nature reserve and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1971. The wood takes its name from the nearby village of Weston-in-Gordano. ()

Elevation: 328 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°28'17"N, 2°47'10"W

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Nearby attractions include: Clevedon Court, Holy Trinity Church, Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, Nature Reserves in Nailsea.

2.9 miSW
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Clevedon Court, Clevedon
75 min walk • Clevedon Court is a manor house on Court Hill in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, dating from the early 14th century. It is owned by the National Trust and is designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.2 miS
Church
Holy Trinity Church, Nailsea
83 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican Church in Nailsea, Somerset, England. It dates from the 15th century and is a Grade I listed building. It features a tower with 6 Bells, a cemetery, and a community centre called "The Trinity Centre".
2.3 miSE
Zoo
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
59 min walk • Noah's Ark Zoo Farm is a 100-acre zoo developed on a working farm in Wraxall, North Somerset, 6 miles west of Bristol, England, which promotes a form of creationism that includes a belief that the biblical story of Noah's Flood was an actual cataclysmic event.
2.9 miS
Park
Nature Reserves in Nailsea, Nailsea
74 min walk • There are several nature reserves in the surroundings of Nailsea, North Somerset, England, which is located at 51°25′55″N 2°45′49″W.
1.1 miNW
Lighthouse
Black Nore lighthouse
29 min walk • Black Nore Lighthouse at Portishead, Somerset, England, was built in 1894. It is a Grade II listed building.
0.9 miNE
Church
Church of St Peter, Portishead
24 min walk • The Norman Church of St Peter in Portishead, Somerset, England, was built in 1320, on the site of a previous church, and rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries in the Perpendicular Gothic style. In 1952 it was made a Grade I listed building.
1.8 miSW
Valley
Gordano Valley, Portishead
45 min walk • Gordano is an area of North Somerset, in England. It has been designated as a National Nature Reserve. The name Gordano comes from Old English and is descriptive of the triangular shape of the whole valley from Clevedon to Portishead, being the ablative singular of the Latinised form of Gorden meaning muddy valley.
2.9 miSE
Church
All Saints Church
74 min walk • All Saints' Church is the parish church in Wraxall, Somerset, England. It has been dedicated "to all the Saints". The building is surrounded by an extensive cemetery.
1.6 miS
Forts and castles
Cadbury Camp
42 min walk • Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort in Somerset, England, near the village of Tickenham. It is a scheduled monument.
0.9 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul
22 min walk • The Anglican Church of SS Peter & Paul, Weston in Gordano, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
2.9 miSE
Memorial
Wraxall Court, Bristol
75 min walk • Wraxall Court is a historic building in Wraxall in the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade II listed building. Parts of the original 1658 building were incorporated into the current building when it was erected around 1720 after which it was used by the families of John Codrington and Richard Bampfylde.