Blaise Castle House Museum

Nearby Attractions

• Bristol Zoo Gardens (3 Miles)* A visit to Bristol Zoo Gardens is an adventure into an exciting animal kingdom, all set within 12 acres of beautiful gardens.
  
• Bristols City Museum and Art Gallery (4 Miles)* Bristol Museum & Art Gallery tells the story of our world in every display, from the beginning of time to the present day.
  
• Bristol's Red Lodge (4 Miles)* Built c. 1590, it was in the grounds of the Great House which stood on the site of the present Colston Hall. Inside on the first floor, is the last surviving suite of 16th-century rooms in Bristol.
  
• Bristol's Georgian House (4 Miles)* A carefully preserved example of a late 18th-century sugar merchant's town house.
  
• At-Bristol (4 Miles)* With hundreds of hands-on exhibits, live science shows and a Planetarium, At-Bristol is one of the UK's biggest and most exciting interactive science centres.
  
• M Shed (4 Miles)* M Shed is an exciting and innovative new museum for Bristol due to open on 17 June 2011.
  
• Tyntesfield (5 Miles)* Tyntesfield House is one of the latest additions to the National Trust collection and was given to the nation by the Gibbs family in 2002.
  
• Caldicot Castle & Country Park (7 Miles)* Magnificent Welsh border castle set in fifty-five acres of beautiful parkland. Founded by the Normans, developed in royal hands as a stronghold in the Middle Ages.
  
• Clevedon Court (9 Miles)* Home to the Elton family and with a fine display of the family pottery, known as Eltonware, Clevedon Court reflects the many centuries and owners it has outlasted.
  
• Chepstow Castle (9 Miles)* Chepstow Castle, on its rock above the swirling waters of the River Wye, stands guard over a strategic crossing point into Wales.
  

Nearby Towns

• Bristol (4 Miles)* Welcome to Bristol, a city that has successfully combined its unique maritime and architectural heritage with some excellent tourist attractions, shopping and entertainment.
  
• Staple Hill (5 Miles)* Staple Hill is a suburb of Bristol which comes under the administrative control of the South Gloucestershire Local Authority. The strange name 'Staple Hill' may derive from the old English word 'steap' meaning 'steep'
  
• Portishead (6 Miles)* For anyone who served at sea between the 1920s and the end of the 20th Century the name 'Portishead' was always followed by the word 'Radio'. It was the best-known and busiest ship-shore station in the world.
  
• Chepstow (9 Miles)* 'Something for everyone' is possibly a good phrase to use when describing Chepstow. Well known for it's Norman castle, walled town, and Racecourse. Chepstow utilises these venues to the greatest effect.
  
• Chew Magna (9 Miles)* It has a Dark Lane for light vehicles only, a Battle Lane where nobody fought, a Blacklands, which is actually very green, and a Dumpers Lane with no sign of fly tipping. The picturesque village of Chew Magna is set in beautiful Somerset.
  
• Chelwood (11 Miles)* Situated at the Eastern end of the picturesque Chew Valley, some 9 miles West of Bath and the same distance South of Bristol, Chelwood is mentioned in the Domesday Book and its name is derived from the Saxon Cellwert meaning Hill Farm.
  
• Swainswick (14 Miles)* Swainswick or Swanswick or Swayneswycke is a quite small village spreading itself down the old A46 road from Upper Swainswick to Lower Swainswick.
  
• Farrington Gurney (14 Miles)* On entering Farrington Gurney you are greeted by the Farrington Inn, a traditional English pub serving good quality food at a reasonable price.
  
• Bath (14 Miles)* The golden city of Bath has been welcoming visitors for over 2,000 years. Designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, Bath presents some of the finest architectural sights in Europe.
  
• Lydney (16 Miles)* There has been a settlement at Lydney ever since Roman times. It is thought that Lydney Park was a significant Roman settlement with a temple, bath house and guest house dating back to the 4th century.