Portishead

Portishead is a large port town in 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.
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  • Type: Town with 25,000 residents
  • Description: town in Somerset, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Porteshevedeford”, “Portishead, Somerset”, “بورتس هيد”, and “ポーティスヘッド”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Portishead Lifeboat Station and Portishead Point Lighthouse.

Public building
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is located at Pier Road…

Lighthouse
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
, more commonly known…

Nature reserve
Photo: Michael Dennis Stagg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
which is now known as Portbury Wharf…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clapton in Gordano and Portbury.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in … is situated 2 miles east of Portishead.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the…

Portishead

Latitude
51.4853° or 51° 29′ 7″ north
Longitude
-2.7683° or 2° 46′ 6″ west
Population
25,000
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB PTH
Open location code
9C3VF6PJ+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27290803
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640037
Wiki­data ID
Q1018157
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Portishead” goes by many names.
  • 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”
  • Ido: “Portishead”
  • Irish: “Portishead, Somerset”
  • Irish: “Portishead”
  • Italian: “Portishead”
  • Japanese: “ポーティスヘッド (サマセット)”
  • Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ಟಿಸ್ಹೆಡ್”
  • Korean: “포티스헤드”
  • Ladin: “Portishead”
  • Latin: “Portishead”
  • Lithuanian: “Portišedas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Portishead i Somerset”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Portesheafod on Sumorsætum”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Portesheafod”
  • Persian: “پورتیسهد، سامرست”
  • Persian: “پورتیسهد”
  • 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”
  • “Portishead”

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