Portishead Point lighthouse, Bristol

Name: Portishead Point lighthouse
Address: Bristol, United Kingdom

#186 among attractions in Bristol

Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Portishead Point Lighthouse, which is more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, in Portishead, Somerset, England was built in 1931. ()

Coordinates: 51°29'41"N, 2°46'25"W

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Bristol United Kingdom

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Portishead Point lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, Avonmouth, Black Nore lighthouse, Church of St Peter.

3.1 miSE
Zoo
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
80 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.
3.3 miE
Harbor
Avonmouth, Bristol
84 min walk • Avonmouth is a port and outer suburb of Bristol, England, facing two rivers: the reinforced north bank of the final stage of the Avon which rises at sources in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset; and the eastern shore of the Severn Estuary.
1.3 miSW
Lighthouse
Black Nore lighthouse
35 min walk • Black Nore Lighthouse at Portishead, Somerset, England, was built in 1894. It is a Grade II listed building.
1 miS
Church
Church of St Peter, Portishead
25 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.
3.4 miSW
Valley
Gordano Valley, Portishead
86 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.
3.9 miSE
Church
All Saints Church
99 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.
3.3 miS
Forts and castles
Cadbury Camp
84 min walk • Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort in Somerset, England, near the village of Tickenham. It is a scheduled monument.
2.4 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul
63 min walk • The Anglican Church of SS Peter & Paul, Weston in Gordano, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.9 miSE
Memorial
Wraxall Court, Bristol
100 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.
2.3 miE
Harbor
Royal Portbury Dock, Bristol
59 min walk • The Royal Portbury Dock is part of the Port of Bristol, in England. It is situated near the village of Portbury on the southern side of the mouth of the Avon, where the river joins the Severn estuary — the Avonmouth Docks are on the opposite side of the Avon, within Avonmouth.
3.8 miS
Church
Church of SS Quiricus & Julietta
98 min walk • The parish Church of St. Quiricus and St. Julietta in Tickenham, Somerset, England, has 11th-century origins, with the nave and chancel being extended by the addition of aisles and the south chapel in the early 13th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.