Grand Pier Main Pavilion
Pier with pier pavilion in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.
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Kewstoke and its surroundings hold 4 theme parks, 3 museums and 3 historic sites. There is no place to visit inside Kewstoke’s built-up area; there are 12 within 5 km of its edge. National Museum Cardiff lies 20 km out, the pick for a day trip.
Along with Grand Pier Main Pavilion, see 3 museums, a pier and a castle.
Theme parkGrand Pier Main Pavilion2.3 km outside town, to the southwest
PierBirnbeck Pier2.1 km outside town, to the southwest
CastleCastle Batch2.2 km outside town, to the east
MuseumThe Helicopter Museum3.2 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumLambretta Museum1.7 km outside town, to the south
MuseumWeston Museum1.8 km outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The 12 outside town cluster to the southwest.
The dashed line is Kewstoke’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Most are zoos, theme parks or other days out, 5 in all, ahead of castles or historic places (4).
Green: inside Kewstoke. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 12.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
3 listed buildings are on Kewstoke’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kewstoke →
Most famous of the 12 is National Museum Cardiff, 20 km from the centre.
MuseumNational Museum Cardiff20 km northwest · 373K visitors a year
CastleCardiff Castle20 km northwest
CathedralWells Cathedral28 km southeast
MuseumSS Great Britain Museum26 km eastCastleCastle · CadwCaerphilly Castle29 km northwest
Abbey or prioryGlastonbury Abbey30 km southeast
CathedralBristol Cathedral27 km east
CathedralLlandaff Cathedral23 km northwest
CathedralCardiff Metropolitan Cathedral19 km northwest
MuseumBristol City Museum & Art Gallery27 km east · 451K visitors a year
Big drawMuseumSt Fagans Museum Visitor Centre25 km northwest · 610K visitors a year
Castle · CadwCastell Coch28 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Kewstoke (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.
No attraction is mapped inside Kewstoke itself. Within 5 km of it are Grand Pier Main Pavilion, Birnbeck Pier, Castle Batch and The Helicopter Museum.
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Kewstoke: The Helicopter Museum, Lambretta Museum and Weston Museum.
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Caerphilly Castle (Cadw), 29 km northwest.
Within 40 km: National Museum Cardiff (20 km), Cardiff Castle (20 km), Wells Cathedral (28 km), SS Great Britain Museum (26 km).
Kewstoke has 3 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
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 Kewstoke 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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