Walton Common banjo enclosure, Walton Common

Name: Walton Common banjo enclosure
Address: Walton Common, United Kingdom

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The Walton Common banjo enclosure is a banjo enclosure on Walton Common, to the north of Walton in Gordano, Somerset, England. It appears to date to the late Iron Age, and may have been a high-status settlement. The term "banjo" refers to the shape. It is a round enclosure approached by a straight avenue, with the enclosure and avenue bounded by banks and ditches. The banks have been worn down and the ditches filled in over time, so it is scarcely noticeable from the ground. It showed up on photographs from the air taken in 1930 and 1946. Since then the site has become more overgrown and is hard to detect even from the air. ()

Coordinates: 51°27'35"N, 2°49'27"W

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Walton Common banjo enclosure – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Clevedon Court, Holy Trinity Church, Curzon Community Cinema, Nature Reserves in Nailsea.

1.4 miS
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Clevedon Court, Clevedon
36 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.
3.3 miSE
Church
Holy Trinity Church, Nailsea
85 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".
2.1 miSW
Nightlife, Cinema
Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon
54 min walk • The Curzon Cinema & Arts, in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, is one of the oldest continually running purpose-built cinemas in the world. Opened on 20 April 1912 by Victor Cox, the original building had 200 seats and the first show raised funds for the survivors and relatives of those killed earlier in the month on the RMS Titanic.
3.2 miSE
Park
Nature Reserves in Nailsea, Nailsea
83 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.
2 miNE
Lighthouse
Black Nore lighthouse
52 min walk • Black Nore Lighthouse at Portishead, Somerset, England, was built in 1894. It is a Grade II listed building.
2.7 miNE
Church
Church of St Peter, Portishead
70 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.
0.6 miSE
Valley
Gordano Valley, Portishead
16 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.
1.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Cadbury Camp
45 min walk • Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort in Somerset, England, near the village of Tickenham. It is a scheduled monument.
1 miE
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul
26 min walk • The Anglican Church of SS Peter & Paul, Weston in Gordano, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
1 miSW
Forts and castles
Walton Castle
25 min walk • Walton Castle is a 17th-century, Grade II listed mock castle set upon a hill in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, on the site of an earlier Iron Age hill fort.
2.3 miSE
Church
Church of SS Quiricus & Julietta
59 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.