Historic house · Iron Acton · Gloucestershire

Acton Court

Acton Court is a grade I listed historic house museum. Its location is inside Iron Acton’s built-up area. Close by, Bristol Cathedral is 15 km away, one of 66 within 15 km.

Photo: Acton Court, Nick from Bristol, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Iron Acton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Historic house in Iron Acton

Inside Iron Acton

Acton Court is inside Iron Acton’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Iron Acton has 22 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

The warmest afternoons in Iron Acton run May to September, at 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°84 mm

Feb9° / 2°61 mm

Mar11° / 3°54 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 8°62 mm

Jun20° / 11°60 mm

Jul22° / 13°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°75 mm

Sep19° / 10°63 mm

Oct15° / 8°88 mm

Nov11° / 5°92 mm

Dec8° / 2°93 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Iron Acton, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Iron Acton. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Iron Acton’s full climate →

About

Acton Court

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Iron Acton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Iron Acton
Official site: actoncourt.com

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

On this map, Acton Court is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Acton Court

With 28,352 people, Yate is the largest of the 8. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Iron Acton

545 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 900 m northeast of it

Rangeworthy

356 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 1.4 km southeast of it

Yate

28,352 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 1.7 km east of it

Engine Common

665 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Acton Court is	People	Places to visit
Iron Acton	It’s in town	545	3
Rangeworthy	900 m northeast of it	356	2
Yate	1.4 km southeast of it	28,352	4
Engine Common	1.7 km east of it	665	2
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	2 km south of it	14,969	8
Tytherington	3.7 km north of it	807	5
Coalpit Heath	3.9 km south of it	186	4
Chipping Sodbury	4.4 km southeast of it	8,026	4

Make a day of it

Next door to Acton Court

Of the 66 within 15 km, look for 2 cathedrals, 2 castles and a museum.

CathedralBristol Cathedral15 km away 2

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery15 km away · 451K visitors a year 3

CastleBerkeley Castle15 km away 4

Art galleryArnolfini15 km away · 398K visitors a year 5

CathedralClifton Cathedral15 km away 6

ZooBristol Zoo15 km away 7

Historic houseBadminton House13 km away 8

CastleThornbury Castle7.8 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Acton Court: what to know

Where is Acton Court?

Acton Court is in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Acton Court?

Grade I listed historic house museum in South Gloucestershire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Acton Court?

May to September are the warmest months in Iron Acton, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Acton Court a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Acton Court?

Within 15 km: Bristol Cathedral (15 km), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (15 km), Berkeley Castle (15 km) and Arnolfini (15 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Acton Court: Nick from Bristol, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery: The original uploader was Steinsky at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berkeley Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arnolfini: Photographed by Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Clifton Cathedral: The original uploader was Rbrwr at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Zoo: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Badminton House: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thornbury Castle: nick sarebi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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