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Gorge
Avon Gorge
Limestone gorge 1.5 miles long, running south to north west of the city centre, with Clifton on the east side.
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Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court: things to do
Places worth your time in Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court
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Things to do in Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Woodland
Leigh Woods
Woodland of about 2 square kilometres on the south-west side of the gorge, in North Somerset, looked after by the National Trust.
Iron Age hillfort
Stokeleigh Camp
Iron Age promontory fort in Leigh Woods, one of three fortifications overlooking the Avon Gorge.
Museum
Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre
Free visitor centre on the Leigh Woods side of the bridge, with displays on how it was built and is maintained.
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Historic house
Ashton Court Mansion
Grade I listed mansion and stables on a manor house site dating from the 11th century, owned by the Smyth family until the 20th.
Country park
Ashton Court Estate
Country park of 850 acres of woodland and grassland, mainly in North Somerset but owned by the City of Bristol.
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Miniature railway
Ashton Court Miniature Railway
Miniature railway run by the Bristol Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, founded in 1909.
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Harbour entrance
Cumberland Basin
Main entrance to Bristol's docks, separating Hotwells from Spike Island, built in the early 19th century.
Working boatyard
Underfall Yard
Historic boatyard serving Bristol Harbour, completed in 1809 under William Jessop and improved by Brunel in the 1830s.
Neighbourhood
Hotwells
Neighbourhood below Clifton at the southern entrance to the Avon Gorge, with Georgian squares and Victorian terraces.
Georgian square
Dowry Square
Square and green space in Hotwells laid out in 1727, with many Grade II and II* listed houses.
Nature patch
Butterfly Junction
Scrubland on an old industrial site beside the New Cut, valued as habitat by the Friends of the Avon New Cut.
Bristol
More areas to explore
7 sights · 14 places to eat
Whiteladies Road & Redland
Georgian chapel, village greens and a long street of cafés and restaurants, a mile north-west of the centre
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6 sights · 13 places to eat
Gloucester Road & Bishopston
A long street of independent shops, bars and cafés, with city parks and a city farm nearby
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12 sights · 20 places to eat
Harbourside & Millennium Square
Museums, galleries and waterside dining around the Floating Harbour
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- Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court (area photo): Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Avon Gorge: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Leigh Woods: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stokeleigh Camp: ChodHound, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ashton Court Mansion: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ashton Court Estate: C P Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ashton Court Miniature Railway: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cumberland Basin: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Underfall Yard: Philippa Crabbe from Bristol, England, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hotwells: Gothick, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dowry Square: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Butterfly Junction: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Whiteladies Road & Redland: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gloucester Road & Bishopston: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Harbourside & Millennium Square: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Old City, King Street & Park Street: Hyspaosines, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Clifton & the Suspension Bridge: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stokes Croft, St Pauls & Montpelier: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
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