Wraxall and Failand
Wraxall and Failand, formerly just Wraxall is a civil parish in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It includes the villages of Wraxall and Failand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,410 residents
- Description: civil parish in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Wraxall and Failand (civil parish), Somerset” and “Wraxall and Failand, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tyntesfield and Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm.
Tyntesfield
Park
Photo: Chilli Head, CC BY 2.0.
Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival country house and estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building named after the Tynte baronets, who had owned estates in the area since about 1500.
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
Zoo
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. It is home to the largest elephant facility in northern Europe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Ashton and Portishead.
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.
Portishead
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Portishead is a large port town in Somerset with a population of about 25,000. Historically a fishing port, it underwent rapid expansion during the 19th century when it became a hub for chemical industry.
Nailsea
Town
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Nailsea is a town in North Somerset, England, 8 miles southwest of Bristol, and 11 miles northeast of Weston-super-Mare. The nearest village is Backwell, which lies south of Nailsea on the opposite side of the Bristol to Exeter railway line.
Wraxall and Failand
- Category: civil parish
- Location: North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Wraxall and Failand” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wraxall and Failand”
- Chinese: “Wraxall and Failand”
- Dutch: “Wraxall and Failand”
- French: “Wraxall and Failand”
- Irish: “Wraxall agus Failand”
- Japanese: “ラクソール・アンド・フェイランド”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wraxall and Failand”
- Polish: “Wraxall and Failand”
- Swedish: “Wraxall and Failand”
- Turkish: “Wraxall and Failand”
- “Wraxall and Failand”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Failand Hill and St George’s Hill.
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