SS Great Britain

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 and New York City.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1843 passenger steamship and museum in Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Address: Great Western Dockyard, Bristol, BS1 6TY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bristol Cathedral and Bristol Marina.

Church
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a cathedral in the city of , England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bristol. is situated 2,000 feet northeast of SS Great Britain.

Marina
Photo: Celuici, CC0.
The is located in , , England. The marina has been in operation since 1980. It is situated adjacent to the SS Great Britain on the south side of the harbour on the site of the former Charles Hill & Sons Ltd's Albion Dockyard, which it shares with Abels Shipbuilders. is situated 670 feet west of SS Great Britain.

Library
Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historic building on the south side of , England. It contains the main collections of Bristol's public library. is situated 1,600 feet northeast of SS Great Britain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spike Island and Southville.

Suburb
is an inner city and harbour area of the English port city of , adjoining the city centre. It comprises the strip of land between the Floating Harbour to the north and the tidal New Cut of the River Avon to the south, from the dock entrance to the west to in the east.

Suburb
is an inner city neighbourhood and council ward of , , on the south bank of the River Avon northwest of . Built mainly between the 1880s and the First World War for workers in local industries, it mixes Victorian terraces with post-bombing infill and recent developments.

Suburb
Photo: Gothick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the English port city of . It is located to the south of and below the high ground of , and directly to the north of the .

SS Great Britain

Latitude
51.44915° or 51° 26′ 57″ north
Longitude
-2.60839° or 2° 36′ 30″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Inception
1843
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9C3VC9XR+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48859354
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8015423
Wiki­data ID
Q744086
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Satellite Map

Discover SS Great Britain from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“SS Great Britain” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إس إس جريت برتن”
  • Chinese: “SS大不列顛”
  • Chinese: “大不列颠号蒸汽船”
  • Croatian: “SS Great Britain”
  • Danish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Dutch: “Great Britain”
  • Estonian: “Great Britain”
  • Finnish: “SS Great Britain”
  • French: “Great Britain”
  • German: “Great Britain”
  • Greek: “Γκρέητ Μπρίταιν”
  • Hebrew: “בריטניה הגדולה”
  • Hebrew: “גרייט בריטיין”
  • Hungarian: “SS Great Britain”
  • Irish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Italian: “Great Britain”
  • Japanese: “グレートブリテン”
  • Japanese: “グレートブリテン号”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Britain”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Britain”
  • Polish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Portuguese: “SS Great Britain”
  • Russian: “Грейт Бритн”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “SS Great Britain”
  • Serbian: “СС Грејт Бритен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “SS Great Britain”
  • Spanish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Thai: “เอสเอส เกรตบริเตน”
  • Turkish: “SS Great Britain”
  • Ukrainian: “SS Great Britain”
  • Welsh: “SS Great Britain”
  • Western Frisian: “SS Great Britain”

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