Bristol Britannia
Heathfield counts Bristol Britannia, a historic site, among its places to visit. There are 17 other places to visit inside 5 km. A drive of 100 m reaches IWM Duxford.
Historic site in Heathfield
Inside Heathfield
Bristol Britannia is inside Heathfield’s built-up area, with 17 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
When to go
Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Heathfield.
Bristol Britannia
Historic site.
In Heathfield, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Historic site
- Town
- in Heathfield
Getting your bearings
Orange: Bristol Britannia.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Heathfield’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Bristol Britannia
Sawston, with 7,270 people, is the largest of the 8. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Heathfield
Duxford
Whittlesford
Thriplow
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Bristol Britannia is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathfield | It’s in town | 668 | 18 |
| Duxford | 1.5 km east of it | 2,216 | 18 |
| Whittlesford | 1.8 km northeast of it | 1,608 | 18 |
| Thriplow | 1.9 km west of it | 462 | 18 |
| Fowlmere | 3.2 km west of it | 1,295 | 17 |
| Sawston | 3.3 km northeast of it | 7,270 | 18 |
| Hinxton | 3.4 km east of it | 330 | 18 |
| Ickleton | 3.7 km southeast of it | 748 | 17 |
Also near Bristol Britannia
Also close at hand are 4 museums, 2 castles and a historic house, among 62 within 15 km.
MuseumIWM Duxford100 m away · 401K visitors a year (2019)2MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum12 km away · 364K visitors a year3
Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House10 km away4
MuseumMuseum of Zoology12 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)5
MuseumAirborne Assault600 m away6
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden11 km away7
CastleSaffron Walden Castle11 km away8
CastleCambridge Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Bristol Britannia: common questions
Where is Bristol Britannia?
Bristol Britannia is in Heathfield, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Bristol Britannia?
Historic site.
When is the best time to visit Bristol Britannia?
May to September are the warmest months in Heathfield, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Bristol Britannia?
Within 15 km: IWM Duxford (100 m), Fitzwilliam Museum (12 km), Audley End House (10 km) and Museum of Zoology (12 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 (7)
- IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Airborne Assault: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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