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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Long Ashton

  

Long Ashton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Long Ashton

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Long Ashton history

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Domesday Book records it as Estune (the place by the ash tree) and, afterwards, it was granted to Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances. Prehistoric and Roman artefacts have been found in the area, at the site of the Gatcombe Roman Settlement, but the village originated in Saxon times. The parish church of All Saints dates from about 1380 and the arms of its founder (Thomas de Lyons) are on the outside of the tower.

You can visit Long Ashton places with Walkfo Long Ashton to hear history at Long Ashton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Long Ashton has 94 places to visit in our interactive Long Ashton map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Long Ashton, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Long Ashton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Long Ashton & the surrounding areas.

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94 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Long Ashton places to visit

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Long Ashton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Long Ashton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Long Ashton’s information audio spots:

Brandon Hill, Bristol Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon’s Hill, is a hill close to Bristol city centre. At the summit is the Cabot Tower, opened in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot’s voyage from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497. The two-hectare nature reserve has been run since 1980 by the Avon Wildlife Trust.

Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital is an independent day school in Clifton, Bristol, England founded in 1586. The school accepts boys from ages 7 to 18 and girls aged 16 to 18 into the co-educational Sixth Form. In 2020 Rupert Heathcote took over as Headmaster, succeeding Stephen Holliday.

Jacobs Well Theatre The Jacobs Well Theatre was a playhouse in Cliftonwood, Bristol, England, which opened in 1729. It took its name from the nearby Jacobs’s Well, which may have been a mikveh, a type of Jewish ritual bath. The theatre was built by actor John Hippisley, who created the character of Peachum in the premiere of John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera.

Jacob’s Well, Bristol Jacob’s Well in Cliftonwood, Bristol, England is an early medieval structure within a building on the corner of Jacob’s Wells Road and Constitution Hill thought to be a Jewish ritual bath. A Jewish community was known to exist in Bristol from at least 1154 until the wholesale banishment of the Jewish community from England in 1290. The company that now owns the well applied to the Environment Agency to extract and bottle up to 15 million litres of water a year.

St John’s Lane St John’s Lane was a football ground in Bristol, England. It was the home ground of Bristol City between 1894 and 1904. The ground was home to Bristol City from 1894 to 1904.

Tobacco Factory The Tobacco Factory is the last remaining part of the old W. D. & H. O. Wills tobacco factory site. It was saved from demolition by the architect and former mayor of the city George Ferguson. It is now a multi-use building which houses animation and performing arts school, loft-style apartments, a café bar, offices and a theatre.

HMS Flying Fox (shore establishment) HMS Flying Fox is a Royal Naval Reserve unit located in Bristol, England. Training over 100 reservists on Thursday evenings in Bristol. Flying Fox serves Bristol, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Ashton Gate Stadium Ashton Gate is the home of Bristol City F.C. and the Bristol Bears. It currently has an all-seated capacity of 27,000. It is located in the south-west of the city, just south of the River Avon.

Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells Church of Holy Trinity is an Anglican church in Hotwells, Bristol. It has been designated as a grade II* listed building.

Holy Trinity Church, Abbots Leigh Holy Trinity Church in Abbots Leigh within the English county of Somerset is a 15th-century Perpendicular Gothic building, restored and partially rebuilt in 1847–48 after a fire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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