Portishead
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 25,000 residents
- Description: town in Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Porteshevedeford” and “Portishead, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Nore Lighthouse and Portishead Point Lighthouse.
Black Nore Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Nore Lighthouse at Portishead, Somerset, England, was built in 1894. It is a Grade II listed building.
Portishead Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Portishead Point Lighthouse, more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, was built in Portishead, Somerset, England, in 1931.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weston in Gordano and Clapton in Gordano.
Weston in Gordano
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston in Gordano is a village and civil parish in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is situated in the middle of the Gordano valley on the north side, and in the Unitary Authority of North Somerset, on the road between Clevedon and Portishead.
Clapton in Gordano
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clapton in Gordano is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated within the unitary authority of North Somerset on the southern side of the Gordano Valley, immediately adjacent to the M5 motorway.
North Weston
Village
North Weston is a village in the civil parish of Portishead, in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It lies between Portishead and Weston-in-Gordano, within the parish of Portishead.
Portishead
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4807° or 51° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.7769° or 2° 46′ 37″ westPopulation
25,000Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PTHOpen location code
9C3VF6JF+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 27290803OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Portishead” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورتس هيد”
- Arabic: “بورتسهيد”
- Asturian: “Portishead”
- Basque: “Portishead (Somerset)”
- Basque: “Portishead”
- Bengali: “পোর্টিশহেড”
- Bulgarian: “Портишеад”
- Cebuano: “Portishead”
- Chinese: “波蒂斯希德”
- Czech: “Portishead”
- Dutch: “Portishead”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتيشد”
- Esperanto: “Portishead”
- French: “Portishead”
- German: “Portishead”
- Gujarati: “પોર્ટિશેડ”
- Ido: “Portishead, Somerset”
- Irish: “Portishead, Somerset”
- Irish: “Portishead”
- Italian: “Portishead”
- Japanese: “ポーティスヘッド (サマセット)”
- Japanese: “ポーティスヘッド”
- Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ಟಿಸ್ಹೆಡ್”
- Korean: “포티스헤드”
- Ladin: “Portishead”
- Latin: “Portishead”
- Lithuanian: “Portišedas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Portishead i Somerset”
- Persian: “پورتیسهد، سامرست”
- Polish: “Portishead”
- Portuguese: “Portishead”
- Romanian: “Portishead, Somerset”
- Romanian: “Portishead”
- Russian: “Портисхед”
- Slovak: “Portishead”
- South Azerbaijani: “پورتیسهد، سامرست”
- Spanish: “Portishead”
- Swedish: “Portishead, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Portishead”
- Tamil: “போர்டிஸ்ஹெட்”
- Telugu: “ఫొర్టిస్హెడ్”
- Ukrainian: “Портисхед”
- Urdu: “پورتیشیاد”
- Volapük: “Portishead”
- Welsh: “Portishead, Gwlad yr Haf”
- Welsh: “Portishead”
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