Maritime Heritage Centre
Maritime Heritage Centre is a museum in Bristol, England which is located on Gas Ferry Road. Maritime Heritage Centre is situated nearby to Brunel Square, as well as near the passenger ship terminal Bristol Packet Office.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Bristol, England, UK
- Also known as: “Maritime Heritage Museum”
- Address: Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, BS1 6UP
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include SS Great Britain and Bristol Cathedral.
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 400 feet northwest of Maritime Heritage Centre.
Bristol Cathedral
Church
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bristol. Bristol Cathedral is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Maritime Heritage Centre.
Bristol Marina
Marina
The Bristol Marina is located in Bristol Harbour, Bristol, England. The marina has been in operation since 1980. It is situated adjacent to the SS Great Britain on the south side of the harbour on the site of the former Charles Hill & Sons Ltd's Albion Dockyard, which it shares with Abels Shipbuilders. Bristol Marina is situated 980 feet west of Maritime Heritage Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spike Island and Southville.
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.
Southville
Suburb
Southville is an inner city neighbourhood and council ward of Bristol, England, on the south bank of the River Avon northwest of Bedminster. Built mainly between the 1880s and the First World War for workers in local industries, it mixes Victorian terraces with post-bombing infill and recent developments.
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.
Maritime Heritage Centre
- Categories: heritage center, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.44857° or 51° 26′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.60691° or 2° 36′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C3VC9XV+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 48937929OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q113454663
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