Portbury Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery
Portbury Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery is a historic site in Portbury, North Somerset, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Portbury Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery is situated nearby to the lake South Pool, as well as near the nature reserve Portbury Ashlands.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portbury Ashlands and Portishead Lifeboat Station.
Portbury Ashlands
Nature reserve
Photo: Michael Dennis Stagg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portbury Ashlands which is now known as Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve is a nature reserve between Portishead and the Royal Portbury Dock in Somerset, England.
Portishead Lifeboat Station
Public building
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portishead Lifeboat Station is located at Pier Road, in the town of Portishead, located on the Severn Estuary in North Somerset. A lifeboat was stationed at Portishead in 1996 by the Portishead Lifeboat Trust, an independent lifeboat, operating from Sugar Loaf Beach. Portishead Lifeboat Station is situated 1 mile northwest of Portbury Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in Portbury, Somerset, England, is an Anglican parish church close to the M5 motorway. It is a Grade I listed building. It dates from the 12th century, with alteration and extension in the 13th and restoration between 1870 and 1875. St Mary’s Church is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Portbury Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Marine and Portbury.
Port Marine
Suburb
Port Marine is a mixed-use, waterfront neighbourhood in the town of Portishead in North Somerset and an exurb of Bristol. Masterplanned during the late 1990s on the docklands and power station brownfield beside the Severn Estuary, the area now contains 3420 dwellings, a 133-berth marina, commercial and retail space, a nature reserve, and a sculpture trail.
Portbury
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet Sheepway, which is situated on moorland at the northern edge of the Gordano valley, between the Gordano services on the M5 motorway and Portishead, near the Royal Portbury Dock.
Portishead
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Portbury Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Portbury, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.48596° or 51° 29′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.74028° or 2° 44′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C3VF7P5+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 13053601708OpenStreetMap feature
historic=battery
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