Clifton Suspension Bridge
The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Charlie Marshall, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Bristol, England
- Also known as: “Clifton Suspension Bridge, Two Tollhouses And Flanking Walls On West Side”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ghyston’s Cave and Clifton Bridge Tunnel No. 1.
Ghyston’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Ghyston’s Cave is situated 550 feet north of Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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 mile southeast of Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leigh Woods and Hotwells.
Leigh Woods
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh Woods is a village in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is just outside the boundary of the city and county of Bristol. The village is located to the south of Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve.
Hotwells
Suburb
Photo: Gothick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hotwells is a neighbourhood in the English port city of Bristol. It is located to the south of and below the high ground of Clifton, and directly to the north of the Floating Harbour.
Clifton
Suburb
Photo: Rbrwr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Clifton is an inner suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five electoral wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells.
Clifton Suspension Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge, road bridge, toll bridge, and transportation
- Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.45495° or 51° 27′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.62787° or 2° 37′ 40″ westElevation
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
9C3VF93C+XVOpenStreetMap ID
way 511802239OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Clifton Suspension Bridge” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Clifton-hangbrug”
- Arabic: “جسر كليفتون المعلق”
- Catalan: “Clifton Suspension Bridge”
- Central Kurdish: “پردی ھەڵواسراوی کلیفتۆن”
- Chinese: “克利夫頓吊橋”
- Czech: “Clifton Suspension Bridge”
- Czech: “Cliftonský visutý most”
- Dutch: “Clifton Suspension Bridge”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى كليفتون المعلق”
- Estonian: “Cliftoni rippsild”
- French: “pont suspendu de Clifton”
- French: “Pont suspendu de Clifton”
- German: “Clifton Suspension Bridge”
- Hebrew: “גשר בקליפטון”
- Hungarian: “Clifton függőhíd”
- Irish: “Droichead Crochta Clifton”
- Italian: “ponte sospeso di Clifton”
- Italian: “Ponte sospeso di Clifton”
- Japanese: “クリフトン吊り橋”
- Japanese: “クリフトン吊橋”
- Japanese: “クリフトン橋”
- Korean: “클리프턴 현수교”
- Persian: “پل معلق کلیفتون”
- Polish: “Clifton Suspension Bridge”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Pênsil de Clifton”
- Russian: “Клифтонский мост”
- Slovak: “Clifton Suspension Bridge”
- Spanish: “puente colgante de Clifton”
- Spanish: “Puente colgante de Clifton”
- Swedish: “Clifton Suspension Bridge”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu dây võng Clifton”
- Yiddish: “קליפטאן הענגבריק”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Burwalls Wood and Clifton Village.
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