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Long Ashton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset and is one of a number of large villages just outside the boundary of city of Bristol urban area.
Long Ashton railway station was a railway station on the Bristol to Exeter line, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Bristol Temple Meads, serving the village of Long Ashton in North Somerset, England. There were two stations on the site, the first, called "Ashton", opened in either 1841 or 1852 and closed in 1856.
Long Ashton Research Station (LARS) was an agricultural and horticultural government-funded research centre located in the village of Long Ashton near Bristol, UK.It was created in 1903 to study and improve the West Country cider industry and became part of the University of Bristol in 1912.
Ashton Court is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England. Although the estate lies mainly in North Somerset , it is owned by the City of Bristol. The mansion and stables are a Grade I listed building . [ 1 ]
It first bypasses Long Ashton, then passes through Flax Bourton, Backwell, Brockley, Cleeve, Congresbury and Hewish, beyond which it crosses the M5 motorway at Junction 21. The road then enters Weston-super-Mare: a dual carriageway extends most of the way, by passing the built-up area, including Junction 21 Enterprise Area to the east of the town.
In 1760 he carried a bill through Parliament to replace the medieval Bristol Bridge which was in a bad state of repair. [5] His father-in-law died without male issue in 1741; on 27 January 1763 his 1661 baronetcy was recreated for Jarret Smyth as Baronet Smith (or Smyth) of Long Ashton, Somerset (1763) in the Baronetage of Great Britain. The ...
The weather stations nearest Bristol for which long-term climate data are available are Long Ashton (about 5 mi (8 km) south west of the city centre) and Bristol Weather Station, in the city centre. Data collection at these locations ended in 2002 and 2001, respectively, and following the closure of Filton Airfield, Almondsbury is the nearest ...
Gatcombe at Ashton Watering within the civil parish of Long Ashton, Somerset, England, is the location of a Grade II* listed building [2] which was built on the site of a Roman settlement. It is close to the Land Yeo river, the A370 road and the Bristol to Exeter railway line.