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Bristol High Cross at Stourhead

Bristol High Cross at Stourhead

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Bristol High Cross at Stourhead

Name: Bristol High Cross at Stourhead
Rating: 2

Recommended by 28 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

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Location: Stourton With Gasper, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Stourhead Gardens and Lake – Palladian Bridge, Stourhead loop from Stourton

9.81km

02:42

170m

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2. King Alfred's Tower – Palladian Bridge, Stourhead loop from Kilmington

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02:17

140m

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3. King Alfred's Tower – Palladian Bridge, Stourhead loop from Stourton

9.81km

02:42

170m

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Charlie Cosh

November 29, 2022

Bristol High Cross is a market cross which was first erected in 1373 in the centre of Bristol on the site of an earlier cross which commemorated the granting of a charter by Edward III to make Bristol a county, separate from Somerset and Gloucestershire.
In 1764 it was moved to Stourhead.
Often mistaken as part of the nearby church.

FARID L

February 1, 2023

Moderate trail going through some amazing places, worth a visit 😀

JakobusPilger

May 1, 2025

The cross crowning this small sacred monument is comparatively small and modest in relation to the entire monument. However, the cross's base, rising in Gothic form, deserves special attention. The very delicate structure, stretching skyward, looks to me a bit like someone had removed a small church steeple from the church and transplanted it onto the lawn here.

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Location: Stourton With Gasper, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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Bristol High Cross at Stourhead

1. Stourhead Gardens and Lake – Palladian Bridge, Stourhead loop from Stourton

2. King Alfred's Tower – Palladian Bridge, Stourhead loop from Kilmington

3. King Alfred's Tower – Palladian Bridge, Stourhead loop from Stourton

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