Browne's Folly, Cotswold Water Park

Name: Browne's Folly
Address: Cotswold Water Park, United Kingdom

#88 among attractions in Cotswold Water Park

Natural attraction, Protected area

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Brown's Folly or Brown's Folly is a folly tower sitting within a 39.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Bathford in Somerset, notified in 1974: the site itself is known as the Farleigh Down Stone Quarry, and is managed as a nature reserve by the Avon Wildlife Trust. The tower was built in 1848 and is a Grade II listed building. ()

Coordinates: 51°23'33"N, 2°17'56"W

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Browne's Folly – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Claverton Pumping Station, Church of St Nicholas, Bathampton Toll Bridge, Browne's Folly.

1 miS
Museum, Historical place, Science museum
Claverton Pumping Station, Cotswold Water Park
26 min walk • Claverton Pumping Station in the village of Claverton, in the English county of Somerset, pumps water from the River Avon to the Kennet and Avon Canal using power from the flow of the River Avon.
1 miW
Church, Historical place, Monuments and statues
Church of St Nicholas, Bath
27 min walk • The Church of St Nicholas is an Anglican parish church in Bathampton, Somerset, standing between the River Avon and the Kennet and Avon Canal.
1.3 miNW
Bridge
Bathampton Toll Bridge, Bath
34 min walk • Bathampton Toll Bridge is an arch bridge in England, carrying a minor road across the River Avon near Bathampton, to the east of Bath. It is a Grade II listed structure. The bridge was built of Bath stone by Hickes and Isaac in 1872, for the Bridge Company Turnpike Trust.
~660 ftNE
Tower
Browne's Folly, Cotswold Water Park
4 min walk • Browne's Folly is a folly tower on the Farleigh Rise near the village of Bathford in Somerset, England. The Folly was designated a Grade II listed building in 1988.
1.5 miNW
Church
Church of St John The Baptist, Cotswold Water Park
40 min walk • The Church of St John the Baptist in Northend, Batheaston within the English county of Somerset was built in the 12th century and remodelled in the 15th. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.2 miS
Canal
Kennet and Avon Canal, Cotswold Water Park
31 min walk • The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 miles, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal.
1.4 miSW
Archaeological site
Bathampton Down, Cotswold Water Park
35 min walk • Bathampton Down is a flat limestone plateau in Bathampton, Somerset, England, overlooking the River Avon and the city of Bath. There is evidence of man's activity at the site since the Mesolithic period including Bathampton Camp, an Iron Age hillfort or stock enclosure.
1.2 miSW
Museum, History museum
American Museum in Britain, Cotswold Water Park
31 min walk • The American Museum and Gardens is a museum of American art and culture based at Claverton, near Bath, England. Its world-renowned collections of American furniture, quilts and folk art are displayed in a Grade I listed 19th-century house, surrounded by gardens overlooking the valley of the River Avon.
0.9 miW
Neighbourhood
Bath and North East Somerset, Bath
24 min walk • Bath and North East Somerset is a unitary authority district in England. Bath and North East Somerset Council was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the county of Avon. It is part of the ceremonial county of Somerset.
1.2 miNW
Village
Batheaston
31 min walk • Batheaston is a village and civil parish 2 miles east of the English city of Bath and on the north bank of the River Avon. The parish has a population of 2,735. The northern area of the parish on the road to St Catherine is an area known as Northend. Batheaston has been twinned with Oudon in France since 2005.
1.5 miSW
Universities and schools
University of Bath, Bath
39 min walk • The University of Bath is a public research university located in Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following the Robbins Report.