an airport shuttle is available for a fee. warm, cosy rooms, some with antique furnishings, feature tea and coffeemaking facilities, flat-screen tvs and free wi-fi. full english breakfast and parking are complimentary. some rooms have bay windows and/or free-standing baths. the pub features a genteel restaurant, a traditional bar and an elegant lounge. set in a tudor building in a rural village, this refined pub with rooms is a mile from the victorian tyntesfield country house, 6 miles from bristol airport and 9 miles from bristol city centre. Bristol Airport 17 min
Floating Harbour (18 min) Tyntesfield (4 min) A fine Victorian country house with turrets, gardens, arboretum and behind-the-scenes tours. Bristol Zoo Gardens (16 min) Conservation zoo and 12-acre gardens with a Gorilla Island, seals, penguins, reptiles and lions. Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (5 min) Lions, tigers and rhinos in 110 acres of countryside, plus a children's playground. Cheddar Gorge (34 min) Deep limestone ravine with hiking trails, viewpoints & underground stalactite/stalagmite caves. Clifton Observatory (13 min) Historic windmill, circa 1766, with an observation tower offering picturesque views. Bristol Cathedral (14 min) Free entry to Anglican cathedral with 12th-century heritage, including its vaulted chapter house. Clifton Suspension Bridge (12 min) Isambard Kingdom Brunel's masterpiece of industrial design spans a deep, urban river gorge. Bristol Aquarium (22 min) Sharks, rays, a giant octopus, Amazonian and tropical fish in huge tanks with underwater tunnels. Ashton Court Mansion (12 min) Country mansion and 860-acre estate hosting events, weddings, parties, hot-air balloons and markets. Brunel's SS Great Britain (17 min) Museum on Brunel's restored 1843 passenger liner with tours below deck and views of the propellor. M Shed (16 min) Colourful exhibits detailing history of the city and its people in a 1950s' dockside transit shed. Cabot Tower (16 min) 32-metre viewing tower, built in 1897, for 400th anniversary of John Cabot's voyage to Newfoundland. Blaise Castle Estate (22 min) 18th-century decorative castle on a picturesque estate with a 19th-century house & art museum. Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (15 min) Archaeology, geology and art including fossils, a Romany caravan and artwork by local boy Banksy. |