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Planetarium @Bristol

Look for Planetarium @Bristol, an attraction, in Bristol. The surrounding 5 km hold 52 more places to visit. Close by, Bristol Cathedral is 200 m away.

Where

In Bristol

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Attraction in Bristol

Inside Bristol

Planetarium @Bristol is inside Bristol’s built-up area, with 52 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

How the seasons run

From June to September, Bristol sees 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

Planetarium @Bristol

Attraction.

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

Type: Attraction
Town: in Bristol
Official site: wethecurious.org

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Planetarium @Bristol is the orange one.

Towns near it

Staying near Planetarium @Bristol

The largest of the 5 towns is Bristol, with 425,196 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

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 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 5 towns

Town	Where Planetarium @Bristol 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 km southwest of it	5,184	53
Abbots Leigh	3.8 km west of it	302	61
Kingswood and Fishponds	4 km east of it	160,280	55

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Planetarium @Bristol

Choose from 82 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery.

CathedralBristol Cathedral200 m away 2

MuseumSS Great Britain Museum600 m away 3

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery800 m away · 451K visitors a year 4

Art galleryArnolfini300 m away · 398K visitors a year 5

Big drawMuseumM Shed300 m away · 596K visitors a year 6

CathedralClifton Cathedral1.5 km away 7

ZooBristol Zoo2.1 km away 8

CastleBristol Castle1.1 km away

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

Questions about Planetarium @Bristol

Where is Planetarium @Bristol?

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

What is Planetarium @Bristol?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Planetarium @Bristol?

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

What else is there to see near Planetarium @Bristol?

Within 15 km: Bristol Cathedral (200 m), SS Great Britain Museum (600 m), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (800 m) and Arnolfini (300 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 (8)

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

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