Isambard Kingdom Brunel's masterpiece, the SS Great Britain was the first ocean-going ship in the world to have an iron hull and a screw propeller and, when launched on 19th July 1843 in Bristol, was the largest vessel afloat.
a Historic City in the county of Somerset
(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction NE)Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame..
a Historic City in the county of Somerset
(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction SE)Bath is an elegant city famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman attractions from which it got it's name. The traveller James Boswell who visited the city.....
a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset
(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SW)Often called 'Englands Grand Canyon' Chedder Gorge was carved out by a river that now runs underground...
in the county of Somerset
(16.6 miles, 26.6 km, direction S)Wells, situated at the foot of the picturesque mendip hills, is most certainly one of England's most delightful cathedral cities...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset
(16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction S)..
All towns in Somerset
One of two towers dominating the Bristol skyline, and not far from Brunel's Suspension Bridge, Cabot tower stands 100ft high.....
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The great, stirring building of Bristol Cathedral was initially given cathedral status by Henry VIII, at this time it was a.....
Bristol's graceful Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It spans the Avon Gorge some 245ft above.....
Designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge in 1825 for William Beckford, one of the nation's most accomplished and interesting characters.....
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