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Bristol Cathedral

Bristol counts Bristol Cathedral among its places to visit. Add any of 52 more places within 5 km to a visit. It holds the status of a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Bristol Cathedral, Adrian Pingstone. (Public domain)

Where

In Bristol

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 2%

#149 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Cathedral in Bristol

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#149 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (24 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Bristol

Bristol Cathedral is inside Bristol’s built-up area, with 52 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Bristol has 2,049 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

Seasons in Bristol

In Bristol the warm season is June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.

Jan8° / 3°91 mm

Feb9° / 2°67 mm

Mar11° / 4°61 mm

Apr14° / 6°58 mm

May17° / 8°63 mm

Jun20° / 11°64 mm

Jul22° / 13°66 mm

Aug21° / 13°81 mm

Sep19° / 11°65 mm

Oct15° / 8°89 mm

Nov11° / 5°96 mm

Dec8° / 3°98 mm

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

About

Bristol Cathedral

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 24 languages. Further out, SS Great Britain Museum is 600 m away.

Bristol’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 24 languages
Town: in Bristol
Official site: bristol-cathedral.co.uk

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

The map

Locating Bristol Cathedral

Spot Bristol Cathedral in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Bristol Cathedral

The biggest base of the 8 is Bristol (425,196 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Bristol

425,196 people · 76 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km west of it

Leigh Woods

637 people · 57 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km southwest of it

Long Ashton

5,184 people · 53 places to visit

4 · 3.8 km west of it

Abbots Leigh

302 people · 61 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bristol Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Bristol	It’s in town	425,196	76
Leigh Woods	1.9 km west of it	637	57
Long Ashton	3.1 km southwest of it	5,184	53
Abbots Leigh	3.8 km west of it	302	61
Kingswood and Fishponds	3.9 km east of it	160,280	55
Whitchurch	6 km southeast of it	1,992	13
Dundry	6.4 km southwest of it	275	2
Failand	6.5 km west of it	758	25

Make a day of it

Also near Bristol Cathedral

81 more lie within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 art galleries and a cathedral among them.

MuseumSS Great Britain Museum600 m away 2

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery600 m away · 451K visitors a year 3

Art galleryArnolfini400 m away · 398K visitors a year 4

Big drawMuseumM Shed500 m away · 596K visitors a year 5

CathedralClifton Cathedral1.4 km away 6

ZooBristol Zoo2 km away 7

CastleBristol Castle1 km away 8

Art galleryRoyal West of England Academy900 m away

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

Questions people have about Bristol Cathedral

Where is Bristol Cathedral?

Bristol Cathedral is in Bristol, Bristol, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bristol Cathedral?

Cathedral.

When is the best time to visit Bristol Cathedral?

June to September are the warmest months in Bristol, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Bristol Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Bristol Cathedral?

Within 15 km: SS Great Britain Museum (600 m), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (600 m), Arnolfini (400 m) and M Shed (500 m).

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)

Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery: The original uploader was Steinsky at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arnolfini: Photographed by Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
M Shed: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Bristol Castle: The book's text by JF Nicholls (d. 1883) and John Taylor (d. 1893). Death dates citation: doi:10.1093/library/s1-V.1.86. Images by unknown engravers, and thus are PD due to age, per the relevant Brit…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Royal West of England Academy: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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