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.Places of Interest
Highlights include SS Great Britain and Ashton Gate.
SS Great Britain
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship that was advanced for her time. The largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1853, she was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York City.
Ashton Gate
Stadium
Photo: SGGH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashton Gate is a multi-use stadium in Ashton Gate, Bristol, England, and is the home of Bristol City F.C. and the Bristol Bears rugby union team. Located in the south-west of the city, just south of the River Avon, it currently has an all-seated capacity of 27,000.
Bristol Cathedral
Church
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bristol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Ashton and Lawrence Hill.
Long Ashton
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Long Ashton is a dormitory town 5 km south west of Bristol in Somerset, England. It is known for its bio science research centre Fenswood Farm, known by the locals as The Farm.
Lawrence Hill
Neighborhood
Lawrence Hill is an electoral ward of Bristol, United Kingdom and includes the districts of Barton Hill, St Philips Marsh and Redcliffe, Temple Meads and parts of Easton and the Broadmead shopping area.
Bristol
- Also known as: “City of Bristol”
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.45° or 51° 27′ northLongitude
-2.6° or 2° 36′ westPopulation
454,000Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)Abbreviation
“BST”Open location code
9C3VCCX2+X2GeoNames ID
3333134
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Satellite Map
Discover Bristol from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಿಸ್ಟಲ್”
- Korean: “브리스틀”
- Latin: “Bristolium”
- Latvian: “Bristole”
- Lithuanian: “Bristolis”
- Macedonian: “Бристол”
- Marathi: “ब्रिस्टल”
- Mazanderani: “بریستول”
- Narom: “Bristo”
- 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
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Notable Places Nearby
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