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Photo of Clevedon Pier, a landmark near Congresbury, Somerset, south west England.

Clevedon Pier© Saffron Blaze / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Places to explore near Nailsea & Backwell StationNailsea

55 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Tyntesfield, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bristol, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Tyntesfield

House & garden near Bristol

A High Victorian Gothic pile remodelled in the 1860s on a Peruvian guano fortune.

3.5 km NE

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

5.7 km E · spans 14 counties

Photo of Ashton Court Country Park, a country park near Bristol, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Ashton Court Country Park

Country park near Bristol

A Repton-landscaped park of 850 acres, home to a deer herd and the Balloon Fiesta.

6.1 km E

Photo of Clevedon Pier, a landmark near Congresbury, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Clevedon Pier

Landmark near Congresbury

An elegant Grade I Victorian pier of 1869 reaching into the Bristol Channel, called by Betjeman the most beautiful in England.

8.2 km W

Photo of Portishead Open Air Pool, a lido near Caldicot, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Portishead Open Air Pool

Lido near Caldicot

A 33 m heated pool on the Portishead seafront, saved by a community campaign in 2008 and run by a local charity since.

8.4 km N

Photo of Clevedon Marine Lake, a sea pool near Congresbury, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Clevedon Marine Lake

Sea pool · Lido near Congresbury

A walled sea-water lake of 1929 beside the beach at Clevedon, topped up by the big tides and free to swim all year.

8.4 km W

Photo of the Mendip Hills, a National Landscape in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Mendip Hills

National Landscape near Cheddar

A limestone upland riddled with caves and gorges, an easy high point, and old lead-mining country on top

8.5 km SE

Photo of Clifton Suspension Bridge, a landmark in Bristol, south west England.Highlight

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Landmark near Bristol

Chain bridge slung 75 m above the Avon at high water, built to Brunel's design and finished in 1864, five years after his death.

9.4 km NE

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Photo of Failand, a country estate near Bristol, Somerset, south west England.

Failand

Country estate near Bristol

A National Trust place in Somerset.

6.2 km NE

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

6.8 km N · spans 24 counties

Photo of the coast at Redcliffe Bay, Somerset, south west England.

Redcliffe Bay

Coastline near Avonmouth

A National Trust place in Somerset.

7.9 km NW

Photo of Leigh Woods, a National Nature Reserve near Bristol, Somerset, south west England.

Leigh Woods

National Nature Reserve near Bristol

A National Nature Reserve in Somerset.

8.3 km NE

Aldwick Estate

Vineyard near Redhill

Somerset's largest vineyard, on the Mendip slopes near Blagdon, offering guided tours that end with sparkling wine in the tasting room.

8.4 km S

Photo along the Severn Way, a 210-mile long-distance path running from Plynlimon to Bristol, England and Wales.

Severn Way

Long-distance path

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

8.5 km NE · spans 5 counties

Photo of Blaise Castle Estate Country Park, a country park in Bristol, south west England.

Blaise Castle Estate Country Park

Country park near Bristol

A country park in Bristol.

9.6 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (40) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.