Wraxall Camp, Bristol

Name: Wraxall Camp
Address: Bristol, United Kingdom

#293 among attractions in Bristol

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Wraxall Camp, or Failand Camp, is a small round earthwork in Somerset. The remains are indistinct and thickly covered by woods, but it appears to have been an Iron Age farmstead, and not a defensive structure. ()

Coordinates: 51°26'39"N, 2°41'29"W

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Bristol United Kingdom

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Wraxall Camp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tyntesfield, Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, St Andrew's Church, Church of All Saints.

0.9 miW
Museum, Gothic Revival architecture, Vernacular architecture
Tyntesfield, Bristol
24 min walk • Nestled in the verdant countryside near Bristol, Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival house and estate that whisks visitors back to the grandeur of the 19th century. The sprawling mansion, now a museum, is renowned for its ornate decorations and architecture, as...
2.2 miW
Zoo
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
56 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.
2.8 miSW
Church
St Andrew's Church
72 min walk • The Anglican parish Church of St. Andrew in Backwell, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century. It was altered and enlarged in the 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
2.1 miE
Church
Church of All Saints, Bristol
55 min walk • The Anglican Church of All Saints in Long Ashton was built in the 14th century although much of the fabric was rebuilt in the 1870s. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.8 miSW
Church
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Bristol
47 min walk • The Anglican Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Flax Bourton in the English county of Somerset was built in the 12th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
1.9 miW
Church
All Saints Church
48 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.
2.2 miNE
Park, Vernacular architecture
Leigh Court, Bristol
57 min walk • Leigh Court is a country house which is a Grade II* listed building in Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England. The grounds and park are listed, Grade II, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.
1.8 miW
Memorial
Wraxall Court, Bristol
47 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 miE
Park, Vernacular architecture
Ashton Court, Bristol
52 min walk • Ashton Court is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England. Although the estate lies mainly in North Somerset, it is owned by the City of Bristol. The mansion and stables are a Grade I listed building. Other structures on the estate are also listed.
1.3 miS
Farmer's market, Memorial, Restaurant
Gatcombe, Bristol
35 min walk • Gatcombe at Ashton Watering within the civil parish of Long Ashton, Somerset, England, is the location of a Grade II* listed building which was built on the site of a Roman settlement.
1.7 miSE
Village, Area
Long Ashton, Bristol
43 min walk • Long Ashton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset and is one of a number of large villages just outside the boundary of city of Bristol urban area. The parish has a population of 6,044.