Cabot Tower
Cabot Tower is a tower in Bristol, England, situated in a public park on Brandon Hill, between the city centre, Clifton and Hotwells. It is a grade II listed building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: grade II listed tower in Bristol, England
- Also known as: “Cabot Tower, Bristol”
- Address: Bristol, BS1 5RR
- Roof shape: pyramidal
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brandon Hill and SS Great Britain.
Brandon Hill
Peak
Photo: Qoan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon's Hill, is a hill close to Bristol city centre, between the districts of Clifton and Hotwells, in south west England.
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. SS Great Britain is situated 1,800 feet south of Cabot Tower.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is a large museum and art gallery in Bristol, England. The museum is situated in Clifton, about 0.5 miles from the city centre. Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is situated 980 feet northeast of Cabot Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tyndall’s Park and Bristol city centre.
Tyndall’s Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tyndall's Park is an area of central Bristol, England. It lies north of Park Row and Queen's Road, east of Whiteladies Road and west of St Michael's Hill, between the districts of Clifton, Cotham and Kingsdown.
Bristol city centre
Suburb
Bristol city centre is the commercial, cultural and business centre of Bristol, England. It is the area north of the New Cut of the River Avon, bounded by Clifton Wood and Clifton to the north-west, Kingsdown and Cotham to the north, and St Pauls, Lawrence Hill and St Phillip's Marsh to the east.
Spike Island
Suburb
Spike Island is an inner city and harbour area of the English port city of Bristol, 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 Bathurst Basin in the east.
Cabot Tower
- Categories: observation tower, building, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.45403° or 51° 27′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.60682° or 2° 36′ 25″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Inception
1897Height
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
9C3VF93V+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 22751075OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=pyramidalOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Polish—“Cabot Tower” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cabot dorrea (Bristol)”
- Basque: “Cabot dorrea”
- Catalan: “Cabot Tower”
- Catalan: “torre Cabot”
- Chinese: “卡博特塔”
- French: “tour Cabot”
- French: “Tour Cabot”
- Polish: “Wieża Cabot”
- Polish: “Wieża Cabota”
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