Filton

Filton is a town and civil parish in , England, 6 miles north of . With neighbouring , and , Filton forms the North Fringe of Bristol – part of the Bristol urban area that has become an overflow settlement for the city.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Filton, Gloucestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Peter and Filton Abbey Wood Railway Station.

Church
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the town of Filton in , England; it is located 4.4 miles from . There are four platforms but minimal facilities.

Museum
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an aerospace museum at Filton, to the north of , England. The project is run by the Bristol Aero Collection Trust and houses a varied collection of exhibits, including Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the final Concorde to be built and the last to fly.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brabazon and Southmead.

Suburb
is a mixed-use development under construction on the former Filton Airfield in , England. The neighbourhood will be a new extension to the North Fringe of Bristol.

Suburb
is a northern suburb and council ward of , in the south west of England, bordered by Filton in and , , and Westbury on Trym.

Suburb
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of the city of , in southwest England. It lies on Bristol's northern edge, its border with Filton marking part of the boundary between Bristol and . lies directly to the south. and are to the west. and are on the eastern fringe.

Filton

Latitude
51.50983° or 51° 30′ 35″ north
Longitude
-2.5741° or 2° 34′ 27″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
282 feet (86 metres)
IATA airport code
FZO
United Nations Location Code
GB FZO
Open location code
9C3VGC5G+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20942935
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2649452
Wiki­data ID
Q537692
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Satellite Map

Discover Filton from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Filton” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Filton”
  • Basque: “Filton”
  • Bengali: “ফিল্টন”
  • Catalan: “Filton”
  • Cebuano: “Filton”
  • Chinese: “費爾頓”
  • Chinese: “费尔顿”
  • Dutch: “Filton”
  • French: “Filton”
  • German: “Filton”
  • Gujarati: “ફિલટન”
  • Hebrew: “פילטון”
  • Irish: “Filton”
  • Italian: “Filton”
  • Japanese: “フィルトン”
  • Kannada: “ಫಿಲ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “필턴”
  • Ladin: “Filton”
  • Latin: “Filton”
  • Lithuanian: “Filtonas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Filton”
  • Persian: “فیلتون”
  • Polish: “Filton”
  • Portuguese: “Filton”
  • Romanian: “Filton”
  • Russian: “Филтон”
  • Scots: “Filton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فیلتون”
  • Spanish: “Filton (Gloucestershire)”
  • Spanish: “Filton”
  • Swedish: “Filton”
  • Tamil: “பில்டன்”
  • Tatar: “Филтон”
  • Telugu: “ఫిల్ టన్”
  • Turkish: “Filton”
  • Urdu: “فیلٹن”
  • Volapük: “Filton”
  • Welsh: “Filton”
  • Western Frisian: “Filton”

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Highlights include St. Peter’s Church Hall and Filton Library.

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