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Cabot Tower

Cabot Tower is a grade II listed tower in Bristol. Top of the 81 other places within 15 km is SS Great Britain Museum, 600 m off. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 6 languages.

Photo: Cabot Tower, Photograph taken by Rob Brewer (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Bristol

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic site in Bristol

Inside Bristol

Cabot Tower is inside Bristol’s built-up area, with 53 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II 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

How the seasons run

Highs of 19–22°C mark June to September in Bristol.

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

Cabot Tower

Grade II listed tower in Bristol, England.

In Bristol, inside the town’s built-up area.

Bristol’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic site
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Bristol

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

Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Finding Cabot Tower

The places near Cabot Tower are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Largest of the 6 is Bristol, home to 425,196. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Bristol

425,196 people · 76 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km west of it

Leigh Woods

637 people · 57 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km southwest of it

Long Ashton

5,184 people · 53 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km west of it

Abbots Leigh

302 people · 61 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Cabot Tower is	People	Places to visit
Bristol	It’s in town	425,196	76
Leigh Woods	1.5 km west of it	637	57
Long Ashton	2.8 km southwest of it	5,184	53
Abbots Leigh	3.3 km west of it	302	61
Kingswood and Fishponds	4.2 km east of it	160,280	55
Failand	4.9 km west of it	758	25

Make a day of it

Beyond Cabot Tower

Within 15 km are 81 places, among them 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 art galleries.

MuseumSS Great Britain Museum600 m away 2

CathedralBristol Cathedral500 m away 3

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery300 m away · 451K visitors a year 4

Art galleryArnolfini900 m away · 398K visitors a year 5

CathedralClifton Cathedral900 m away 6

Big drawMuseumM Shed900 m away · 596K visitors a year 7

ZooBristol Zoo1.5 km away 8

Art galleryRoyal West of England Academy500 m away

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

Know before you visit Cabot Tower

Where is Cabot Tower?

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

What is Cabot Tower?

Grade II listed tower in Bristol, England.

When is the best time to visit Cabot Tower?

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

Is Cabot Tower a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Cabot Tower?

Within 15 km: SS Great Britain Museum (600 m), Bristol Cathedral (500 m), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (300 m) and Arnolfini (900 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)

Cabot Tower: Photograph taken by Rob Brewer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
SS Great Britain Museum: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 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
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
M Shed: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Zoo: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Royal West of England Academy: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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