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Clifton Cathedral

Clifton Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the English city of Bristol. It is a Grade II* listed building. There are 79 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with SS Great Britain Museum (1.3 km).

Photo: Clifton Cathedral, The original uploader was Rbrwr at English Wikipedia. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Bristol

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 6%

#465 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

#465 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (13 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Bristol

Clifton Cathedral is inside Bristol’s built-up area, with 55 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

Warm weather in Bristol runs 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

Clifton Cathedral

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 13 languages.

Bristol’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 13 languages
Town: in Bristol
Official site: cliftoncathedral.org

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

The map

Clifton Cathedral on the map

Orange: Clifton Cathedral.

Towns near it

Towns that list Clifton Cathedral

The 8 towns are led in size by Bristol, with 425,196 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Bristol

425,196 people · 76 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km southwest of it

Leigh Woods

637 people · 57 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km west of it

Abbots Leigh

302 people · 61 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km southwest of it

Long Ashton

5,184 people · 53 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Clifton Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Bristol	It’s in town	425,196	76
Leigh Woods	1.1 km southwest of it	637	57
Abbots Leigh	2.4 km west of it	302	61
Long Ashton	2.9 km southwest of it	5,184	53
Pill	4.3 km northwest of it	4,956	27
Kingswood and Fishponds	4.4 km east of it	160,280	55
Failand	4.6 km west of it	758	25
Filton	6.2 km northeast of it	10,955	22

Make a day of it

Pair Clifton Cathedral with these

There are 79 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 art galleries and a cathedral among them.

MuseumSS Great Britain Museum1.3 km away 2

CathedralBristol Cathedral1.4 km away 3

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery900 m away · 451K visitors a year 4

ZooBristol Zoo600 m away 5

Art galleryArnolfini1.8 km away · 398K visitors a year 6

Big drawMuseumM Shed1.8 km away · 596K visitors a year 7

Art galleryRoyal West of England Academy600 m away 8

CastleBristol Castle2 km away

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

Quick answers on Clifton Cathedral

Where is Clifton Cathedral?

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

What is Clifton Cathedral?

Catholic cathedral in the English city of Bristol.

When is the best time to visit Clifton Cathedral?

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

Is Clifton Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Clifton Cathedral?

Within 15 km: SS Great Britain Museum (1.3 km), Bristol Cathedral (1.4 km), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (900 m) and Bristol Zoo (600 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)

Clifton Cathedral: The original uploader was Rbrwr at English Wikipedia., 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
Bristol Zoo: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Arnolfini: Photographed by Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
M Shed: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal West of England Academy: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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

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