Black Nore, Portishead

Name: Black Nore
Address: Portishead, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Portishead

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Portishead Pier to Black Nore SSSI is a 71.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Portishead in North Somerset, notified in 1952. ()

Coordinates: 51°29'48"N, 2°45'33"W

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Portishead United Kingdom

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Black Nore – 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 miS
Zoo
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
77 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.
2.6 miE
Harbor
Avonmouth, Bristol
67 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.
2 miSW
Lighthouse
Black Nore lighthouse
51 min walk • Black Nore Lighthouse at Portishead, Somerset, England, was built in 1894. It is a Grade II listed building.
1.2 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter, Portishead
31 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.
3.7 miE
Museum, Vernacular architecture, Historical place
Kings Weston Roman Villa, Bristol
95 min walk • Kings Weston Roman Villa is a Roman villa in Lawrence Weston in the north-west of Bristol. The villa was discovered during the construction of the Lawrence Weston housing estate in 1947. Two distinct buildings were discovered.
3.8 miS
Church
All Saints Church
96 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.
3.6 miS
Forts and castles
Cadbury Camp
92 min walk • Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort in Somerset, England, near the village of Tickenham. It is a scheduled monument.
2.9 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter and St Paul
75 min walk • The Anglican Church of SS Peter & Paul, Weston in Gordano, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
1.7 miE
Harbor
Royal Portbury Dock, Bristol
43 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.
0.6 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Portishead Point lighthouse, Bristol
17 min walk • Portishead Point Lighthouse, which is more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, in Portishead, Somerset, England was built in 1931.
2.1 miSW
National park
Weston Big Wood
54 min walk • 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.

Black Nore, Portishead

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Black Nore – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)