Portishead /pɔrtɪsˈhɛd/ is a coastal town on the Severn Estuary, close to Bristol, but within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It has a population of around 22,000, an increase of over 3,000 since the 2001 census, with a growth rate considerably in excess of surrounding towns. By the time of the 2011 Census the population had increased to approximately 24,000.
Population: 17,512
Latitude: 51° 28' 55.16" N
Longitude: -2° 46' 11.03" W
Rhydlafar is a small settlement in Wales located on the outskirts of Cardiff being around 5 miles west of the city centre and 5 miles south-east of Llantrisant. The village falls within the community and ward of Creigiau & St Fagans. It was formerly…
Rack Hill (grid reference ST842762) is a 10.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1975.
Peterstone Gout is a tidal flap controlling the outfall to the sea near Peterstone Wentlooge, Newport, south Wales. It is located several miles up the coast from Cardiff in the estuary of the River Usk. It is the main drainage point from the Wentloo…
Penarth Head is a jutting headland in Penarth on the south coast of South Wales near the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.
Parkfield Colliery, near Pucklechurch, South Gloucestershire, was sunk in 1851 under the ownership of Handel Cossham. Coal was reached in 1853. The shaft was 840ft deep, but only the upper series of coal veins were worked. These were the Hard, the T…
Parc-y-Dwrlyn Ground is a cricket ground in Pentyrch, Glamorgan.
Out Woods (grid reference ST833763) is a 14.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1975.
Old Cwmbrân (Welsh: Hen Gwmbrân; also known as Cwmbrân Village) is an area of Cwmbrân, Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Oakiron railway station is the terminus of the 15 in (381 mm) gauge Perrygrove Railway. The line was opened in 1996 and is now open as a heritage railway, passenger trains run round the train via the loop to couple on with the train back down to Per…
North Road Quarry, Bath (grid reference ST767646) is a 0.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest close to Sham Castle in the city of Bath, Somerset, notified in 1990.
Nine Mile Point railway station was a halt on the Newport to Tredegar line of the Sirhowy Railway. It served the village of Wattsville. Marshalling yards to the north were for the Nine Mile Point Colliery. Nine Mile Point had two signal boxes, No 1 …
Miskin Manor Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Miskin Manor, Glamorgan.
Michaelston-super-Ely is a village, to the west of the city of Cardiff, Wales.
Long Ashton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.
On 12 August 1893 a T-link broke beneath a locomotive running down the bank from Merthyr to Cardiff hauling a passenger train. This allowed an underhung spring to break away from the engine and foul the wheels of the leading van, derailing the entir…
Llanllowell (Welsh: Llanllywel) is a village in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, in the United Kingdom.
Limebreach Wood (grid reference ST466726) is a woodland on the south side of the Tickenham Ridge, between Clevedon and Bristol.
Kingswood was, from 1974 to 1996, a non-metropolitan district of the County of Avon, England.