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SULA Lightship

This is SULA Lightship, a historic ship in Gloucester. Another 14 places to visit lie within 5 km. Gloucester Cathedral, 1 km off, heads what is near.

Where

In Gloucester

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Historic ship in Gloucester

Inside Gloucester

SULA Lightship is inside Gloucester’s built-up area, with 14 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

The best months to visit

Afternoons in Gloucester reach 18–23°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 3°65 mm

Feb9° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 4°46 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May18° / 8°54 mm

Jun21° / 11°57 mm

Jul23° / 13°60 mm

Aug22° / 13°68 mm

Sep19° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 5°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°73 mm

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

About

SULA Lightship

Historic ship.

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

Type: Historic ship
Town: in Gloucester
Official site: sulalightship.com

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

The map

Getting your bearings

The map puts SULA Lightship in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Where people come from

The 8 towns are led in size by Gloucester, with 118,562 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Gloucester

118,562 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km northeast of it

Longford

2,536 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km southwest of it

Quedgeley and Hardwicke

21,125 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km northwest of it

Highnam

1,920 people · 17 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where SULA Lightship is	People	Places to visit
Gloucester	It’s in town	118,562	23
Longford	2.8 km northeast of it	2,536	17
Quedgeley and Hardwicke	2.9 km southwest of it	21,125	18
Highnam	3.2 km northwest of it	1,920	17
Maisemore	3.2 km north of it	538	16
Twigworth	3.7 km northeast of it	380	17
Churchdown	3.9 km northeast of it	13,480	18
Upton St Leonards	4.6 km southeast of it	1,132	18

Make a day of it

More near SULA Lightship

Choose from 35 places within 15 km, such as 3 abbeys or priories, 3 museums and a cathedral.

CathedralGloucester Cathedral1 km away 2

CastleGloucester Castle500 m away 3

Abbey or priorySt Oswald's Priory, Gloucester1.2 km away 4

Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreyfriars, Gloucester700 m away 5

Abbey or priory · English HeritageBlackfriars700 m away 6

MuseumGloucester Waterways Museum300 m away 7

MuseumMuseum of Gloucester800 m away 8

MuseumSoldiers of Gloucestershire600 m away

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

Questions about SULA Lightship

Where is SULA Lightship?

SULA Lightship is in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is SULA Lightship?

Historic ship.

When is the best time to visit SULA Lightship?

May to September are the warmest months in Gloucester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near SULA Lightship?

Within 15 km: Gloucester Cathedral (1 km), Gloucester Castle (500 m), St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester (1.2 km) and Greyfriars, Gloucester (700 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)

Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Castle: William Andrew (1848-1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Greyfriars, Gloucester: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackfriars: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Waterways Museum: Jongleur100, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Gloucester: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soldiers of Gloucestershire: Own work by Chris Ryland, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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