25 km around Bristol

Caves, castles and stone circles near Bristol

Bristol's caves come first: 38 of them within 25 km, and the Redcliffe Caves are 0.8 km from the center, with Ghyston's Cave and Burwalls Cave in the Avon Gorge a little farther out. The Clifton Observatory at 2.1 km and Cabot Tower on Brandon Hill are the lookouts in town. Castles are farther out, Blaise Castle at 6 km aside: Thornbury Castle Hotel at 18.2 km, Caldicot Castle at 18.4 km and Chepstow Castle across the Severn at 21.7 km.

Stanton Drew, around 10 km out, is the surprise: three stone circles, the Great Circle among them, with the Stoney Littleton Long Barrow at 21.7 km for company. The Roman Baths in Bath are 18.4 km out. RLQuest checks that you turned up, not just that you meant to.

62 Archaeological sites43 Monuments38 Caves34 Viewpoints29 Ruins7 Castles and palaces6 Megaliths4 Beaches and swimming spots

Where the places are

Each hexagon covers a little over 5 square kilometers. The brighter it glows, the more places are inside it. The numbers mark the highlights listed below; the dot in the middle is the center of Bristol.

Few places to many

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Worth the trip around Bristol

The places with the most to tell about. The numbers match the map.

Places by type

A selection for each type, best known first. The number next to each heading counts everything RLQuest knows within the radius.

Castles and palaces 7

  • Moynes Court19 km
  • Newton St Loe Castle14 km
  • Ralph Allen’s Sham Castle20 km
  • Blaise Castle6.0 km

Lighthouses 2

  • Portishead Point Lighthouse13 km
  • Black Nore Lighthouse14 km

Viewpoints 34

  • Bristol Heritage Walk 220.2 km
  • Bristol Heritage Walk 10.2 km
  • Quarry 5 Viewpoint2.6 km
  • Sit quiet and wait2.7 km
  • Whitebeam2.7 km
  • Crumble3.2 km
  • Grotto4.4 km
  • Goram's Chair5.7 km
  • Lovers Leap5.9 km
  • Hartcliff Rocks8.8 km
  • Coles Upper10 km
  • Portishead Pier12 km

and 22 more

Waterfalls 1

  • Cascade14 km

Ruins 29

  • St. Andrew's Clifton old church site1.2 km
  • Keynsham Abbey8.2 km
  • Manor Farm14 km
  • Harold's House17 km
  • Runston Chapel21 km
  • Llanvair Discoed Castle24 km

and 21 more

City gates 3

  • St John's Gate0.1 km
  • East Gate18 km

Lookout towers 3

  • Belvedere Tower17 km

Caves 38

  • Hermit's Cave0.8 km
  • Redcliffe Caves Entrance0.8 km
  • Redcliffe Caves0.8 km
  • Entrance to Ravenswell1.7 km
  • Ghyston's Cave2.1 km
  • Burwalls Cave2.2 km
  • Butcher's Cave5.9 km
  • Robber's Cave6.0 km
  • Yorkhouse Cave13 km
  • Sugar Loaf Bay Cave14 km
  • Portishead Sea Cave16 km
  • Swiss Valley Cave17 km

and 26 more

Megaliths 6

  • Stone Monolith7.8 km
  • Stanton Drew Circle North-east9.8 km
  • Stanton Drew Great Circle9.9 km
  • Stanton Drew Circle South-west10 km
  • Bowl Barrow and Moot16 km
  • Stoney Littleton Long Barrow22 km

Watermills 2

  • Stratford Mill5.9 km
  • Willsbridge Mill8.1 km

Archaeological sites 62

  • Blaise Museum - Kingsweston Roman Villa6.9 km
  • Temple Church0.8 km
  • Bristol Castle0.6 km
  • Cadbury Camp13 km
  • Wansdyke19 km
  • Sudbrook hill fort16 km
  • Caer-went Roman Town21 km
  • Maes Knoll7.2 km
  • Cadbury Hill Fort16 km
  • Burrington fort18 km
  • Elms Colliery11 km
  • Wain's Hill20 km

and 50 more

Monuments 43

  • Site of Nailsea Glassworks11 km
  • Sir Bevil Grenville14 km
  • Cabot Tower0.7 km
  • Clock Tower18 km
  • Bristol High Cross0.6 km
  • Duchess Obelisk5.2 km
  • Duke of Beaufort Memorial5.5 km
  • The American Monument6.7 km
  • Shakespeare Monument17 km
  • Preaching Cross17 km
  • Victoria Majority Monument17 km
  • The Cross18 km

and 31 more

Beaches and swimming spots 4

  • Fossil Beach20 km
  • Sugar Loaf Beach14 km
  • Ladye Bay18 km
  • Clevedon Beach18 km

Summits 41

  • Little Solsbury Hill19 km
  • Cadbury Hill17 km
  • Dundry Down6.8 km
  • Brandon Hill0.7 km
  • Flowers Hill4.8 km
  • Star Hill5.4 km
  • Sims' Hill6.2 km
  • New Down6.7 km
  • Maes Knoll Tump6.9 km
  • Dundry Hill7.2 km
  • Publow Hill8.6 km
  • Settle Hill8.7 km

and 29 more

Bunkers 3

  • Type 22 Pillbox17 km

and 2 more

How Bristol turns into a game

RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:

1

Places become quests

Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.

2

Being first pays off

If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.

3

The map fills in

Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.

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Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. As of 2026-09-30. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.