Horseshoe Bend
Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton is an 11 acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bristol, England, on the north bank of a lower, tidal stretch of the River Avon, 1.9 miles downstream from the Avon Gorge, and just east of Shirehampton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Protected area
- Description: Site of special scientific interest in Bristol, England
- Also known as: “Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton” and “Horseshoe Point”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shirehampton railway station and Sea Mills railway station.
Shirehampton railway station
Railway station
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Shirehampton railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Shirehampton in Bristol, England. It is 7.6 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. Shirehampton railway station is situated 3,800 feet west of Horseshoe Bend.
Sea Mills railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sea Mills railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the districts of Sea Mills, Stoke Bishop, Sneyd Park and nearby Westbury on Trym in Bristol, England. Sea Mills railway station is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Horseshoe Bend.
Kings Weston Roman Villa
Museum
Photo: Michael Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kings Weston Roman Villa is a Roman villa in Lawrence Weston in the north-west of Bristol. The villa was discovered during the construction of the Lawrence Weston housing estate in 1947. Kings Weston Roman Villa is situated 3,700 feet northwest of Horseshoe Bend.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shirehampton and Sea Mills.
Shirehampton
Suburb
Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shirehampton is a district of Bristol in England, near Avonmouth, at the northwestern edge of the city. It originated as a separate village, retains a High Street with a parish church and shops, and is still thought of as a village by many of its 6,867 inhabitants.
Sea Mills
Suburb
Sea Mills is a suburb of Bristol, England, 3.5 miles north-west of the city centre, between the former villages of Shirehampton, Westbury-on-Trym and Stoke Bishop, by the mouth of the River Trym where it joins the River Avon.
Coombe Dingle
Suburb
Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coombe Dingle is a suburb of Bristol, England, centred near where the Hazel Brook tributary of the River Trym emerges from a limestone gorge bisecting the Blaise Castle Estate to join the main course of the Trym.
Horseshoe Bend
- Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48689° or 51° 29′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.66274° or 2° 39′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3VF8PP+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 652521243Wikidata ID
Q5905975
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