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Grand Pier Main Pavilion
Attractions in Bleadon

Grand Pier Main Pavilion, 5.1 km from Bleadon

Around Bleadon, the places to visit include 6 theme parks, 4 museums and 3 historic sites. There is no place to visit inside Bleadon’s built-up area; there are 14 within 5 km of its edge. Allow a day for Wells Cathedral, 24 km off.

Photo: Grand Pier Main Pavilion, Geof Sheppard (CC BY-SA 4.0)
In Bleadon
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
14
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
4
in or near town
Castles & historic places
3
in or near town
Best known

Just outside Bleadon, the best known

Alongside Grand Pier Main Pavilion you find 3 museums and 2 theme parks.

Theme parkGrand Pier Main Pavilion4.3 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumThe Helicopter Museum3.3 km outside town, to the northTheme parkBrean Leisure Park4 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumWeston Museum4.2 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumLambretta Museum4.2 km outside town, to the northTheme parkTropicana3.5 km outside town, to the northwest

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Mapped

The farthest of them, Grand Pier Main Pavilion, is 5.1 km out.

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The dashed line is Bleadon’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

By kind

Grouped by kind

Ahead are zoos, theme parks or other days out (7); next, museums or galleries (4).

Museums & galleries 4 museums0 in town · 4 nearby
Castles & historic places 3 historic sites0 in town · 3 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 6 theme parks · 1 zoo0 in town · 7 nearby

Green: inside Bleadon. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

All the places to visit

14 places, all within 5 km of its edge, make the list.

Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.

5 listed buildings are on Bleadon’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Bleadon →

Big names nearby

Worth the drive

Wells Cathedral, at 24 km, heads the 12.

CathedralWells Cathedral24 km southeastMuseumNational Museum Cardiff25 km northwest · 373K visitors a yearCastleCardiff Castle25 km northwestAbbey or prioryGlastonbury Abbey24 km southeastMuseumSS Great Britain Museum28 km northeastCathedralBristol Cathedral29 km northeastCastleCastle · CadwCaerphilly Castle35 km northwestAttractionGough's Cave13 km eastCathedralLlandaff Cathedral28 km northwestMuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery29 km northeast · 451K visitors a yearCathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral25 km northwestBig drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre30 km northwest · 610K visitors a year

Places well known beyond Bleadon (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Know before you go to Bleadon

What is there to see near Bleadon?

No attraction is mapped inside Bleadon itself. Within 5 km of it are Grand Pier Main Pavilion, The Helicopter Museum, Brean Leisure Park and Weston Museum.

Does Bleadon have a museum?

4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Bleadon: The Helicopter Museum, Weston Museum, Lambretta Museum and Webbington Farm.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Bleadon?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Caerphilly Castle (Cadw), 35 km northwest.

What are the best-known days out near Bleadon?

Within 40 km: Wells Cathedral (24 km), National Museum Cardiff (25 km), Cardiff Castle (25 km), Glastonbury Abbey (24 km).

Where are Bleadon’s historic buildings listed?

Bleadon has 5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.

How is this list made?

From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Bleadon when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.

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).

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