Bristol
Bristol is a city in the West Country of England. Famous for its maritime history it also offers a great and diverse range of attractions, hotels, bars and events.- …has about 494,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 feet (10 metres)
- …is also known as “City of Bristol”
- …is abbreviated as “BST”
Places of Interest
Highlights include SS Great Britain and Ashton Gate.
SS Great Britain
SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship that was advanced for her time.
Bristol Cathedral
Church
Arpingstone, Public domain.
Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbots Leigh and Long Ashton.
Abbots Leigh
Abbots Leigh is a small village just outside of Bristol along the A369 towards the M5 motorway.
Long Ashton
Long Ashton is a dormitory town 5 km south west of Bristol in Somerset, England.
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Latitude
51.45° or 51° 27′ north
Longitude
-2.6° or 2° 36′ west
Open location code
9C3VCCX2+X2
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Bristol” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بريستول”
- Aragonese: “Bristón”
- Armenian: “Բրիստոլ”
- Belarusian: “Горад Брысталь”
- Bulgarian: “Бристъл”
- Chinese: “布里斯托尔”
- Esperanto: “Bristolo”
- Georgian: “ბრისტოლი”
- Greek: “Μπρίστολ”
- Hebrew: “בריסטול”
- Hindi: “ब्रिस्टल”
- Irish: “Briostó”
- Japanese: “ブリストル”
- Jèrriais: “Bristo”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಿಸ್ಟಲ್”
- Korean: “브리스틀”
- Latin: “Bristolium”
- Latvian: “Bristole”
- Lithuanian: “Bristolis”
- Macedonian: “Бристол”
- Marathi: “ब्रिस्टल”
- Mazanderani: “بریستول”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bristol”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bristol”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bricgstōw”
- Ossetian: “Бристоль”
- Panjabi: “ਬਰਿਸਟਲ”
- Persian: “بریستول”
- Russian: “Бристоль”
- Serbian: “Бристол”
- Sicilian: “Bristullu”
- Spanish: “Brístol”
- Tamil: “பிரிஸ்டல்”
- Thai: “บริสตอล”
- Ukrainian: “Бристоль”
- Welsh: “Bryste”
- Western Panjabi: “برسٹل نگر”
- Yiddish: “בריסטאל”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Canon’s Marsh and Tyndall’s Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Bristol and Bristol General Hospital.
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