Browne's Folly, Cotswold Water Park

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

#39 among attractions in Cotswold Water Park

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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. It gave its name to Brown's Folly, a 100 acre Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1974. ()

Built: 1845 (180 years ago)Height: 39 ftCoordinates: 51°23'36"N, 2°17'47"W

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Cotswold Water Park United Kingdom

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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, Church of St John The Baptist, American Museum in Britain.

1.1 miS
Museum, Historical place, Science museum
Claverton Pumping Station, Cotswold Water Park
28 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.
1.1 miW
Church, Historical place, Monuments and statues
Church of St Nicholas, Bath
29 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.
1.6 miNW
Church
Church of St John The Baptist, Cotswold Water Park
41 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.
1.3 miSW
Museum, History museum
American Museum in Britain, Cotswold Water Park
34 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.
~660 ftSW
Natural attraction, Protected area
Browne's Folly, Cotswold Water Park
4 min walk • 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.
1 miW
Neighbourhood
Bath and North East Somerset, Bath
27 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
32 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.
1.1 miS
Neighbourhood
Warleigh Weir, Bath
30 min walk • Warleigh Weir is a river structure located on the River Avon in Somerset, near Bath. The weir was originally built to supply a head of water to a grist mill in Claverton.