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Tyntesfield House

Tyntesfield House is a grade I listed historic house museum. It is 1 km west of Failand. The site is kept up by the National Trust.

Photo: Tyntesfield House, Chilli Head from Weston-super-Mare, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

1 km

west of Failand

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Historic house near Failand

Just outside Failand

Tyntesfield House is 1 km west of Failand. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Failand has 1 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

A month-by-month guide

In Failand, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–21°C.

Jan8° / 2°99 mm

Feb8° / 2°69 mm

Mar11° / 4°65 mm

Apr13° / 5°61 mm

May17° / 8°69 mm

Jun19° / 11°65 mm

Jul21° / 13°75 mm

Aug21° / 13°88 mm

Sep19° / 11°77 mm

Oct15° / 8°102 mm

Nov11° / 5°104 mm

Dec9° / 3°102 mm

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

About

Tyntesfield House

5 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. There are 81 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with SS Great Britain Museum (7.2 km).

Failand’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 1 km west of Failand
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/tyntesfield

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

The map

Where to find Tyntesfield House

The map puts Tyntesfield House in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Tyntesfield House

The biggest base of the 8 is Nailsea (15,919 people). From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · 1 km east of it

Failand

758 people · 25 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km southeast of it

Cambridge Batch

407 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km south of it

Flax Bourton

341 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2 km west of it

Nailsea

15,919 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Tyntesfield House is	People	Places to visit
Failand	1 km east of it	758	25
Cambridge Batch	1.8 km southeast of it	407	9
Flax Bourton	1.9 km south of it	341	5
Nailsea	2 km west of it	15,919	6
West Hill	2.1 km west of it	339	6
Backwell	2.2 km southwest of it	4,347	5
Long Ashton	2.8 km east of it	5,184	53
Abbots Leigh	3.2 km northeast of it	302	61

Make a day of it

What else is near Tyntesfield House

Our list has 81 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 zoos.

MuseumSS Great Britain Museum7.2 km away 2

CathedralBristol Cathedral7.8 km away 3

MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery7.6 km away · 451K visitors a year 4

ZooBristol Zoo6.7 km away 5

CathedralClifton Cathedral6.9 km away 6

Art galleryArnolfini8 km away · 398K visitors a year 7

Big drawMuseumM Shed7.9 km away · 596K visitors a year 8ZooZooNoah's Ark Zoo Farm2.7 km away

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

Questions about Tyntesfield House

Where is Tyntesfield House?

Tyntesfield House is 1 km west of Failand, Somerset.

What is Tyntesfield House?

Grade I listed historic house museum in North Somerset, England, UK.

Who runs Tyntesfield House?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Tyntesfield House?

June to September are the warmest months in Failand, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Tyntesfield House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Tyntesfield House?

Within 15 km: SS Great Britain Museum (7.2 km), Bristol Cathedral (7.8 km), Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (7.6 km) and Bristol Zoo (6.7 km).

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)

Tyntesfield House: Chilli Head from Weston-super-Mare, UK, CC BY 2.0, 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
Clifton Cathedral: The original uploader was Rbrwr 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

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