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Houses near Bristol
23 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Bristol. The closest is Tyntesfield, about 5 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Stourhead. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
There are 23 stately homes near Bristol on this list across 8 counties. Stourhead is the best-rated, at 4.8 from 12,142 Google reviews.
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Every stately home on this list - 23 in total, 12 you can stay overnight in
Tyntesfield
Somerset · 5 mi away
Victorian Gothic Revival mansion built for the Gibbs family, acquired by the Trust in 2002
Dyrham Park
Gloucestershire · 10 mi away
Baroque mansion set in a deer park, built for William Blathwayt
Clevedon Court
Somerset · 11 mi away
14th-century manor house, home of the Elton family for over 250 years
Westwood Manor
Wiltshire · 16 mi away
Small late-medieval manor house with Jacobean plasterwork, near Bradford-on-Avon
The Bishop's Palace, Wells
Somerset · 17 mi away
Medieval palace of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, opened to the public by an independent charitable trust.
Newark Park
Gloucestershire · 17 mi away
Tudor hunting lodge later remodelled, set on an escarpment above the Ozleworth valley
Corsham Court
Wiltshire · 18 mi away
Elizabethan mansion with a noted art collection, home of the Methuen family.
Great Chalfield Manor
Wiltshire · 18 mi away
Late medieval moated manor house, still lived in by the family who restored it
Tredegar House
Newport · 20 mi away
17th-century red-brick mansion, ancestral home of the Morgan family, Lords Tredegar
Lacock Abbey
Wiltshire · 20 mi away
Former nunnery converted into a country house, home of photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot
Longleat House
Wiltshire · 23 mi away
Elizabethan house, seat of the Marquess of Bath, safari park in the grounds
Stourhead
Wiltshire · 27 mi away
Palladian mansion built for the Hoare banking family, overlooking a celebrated landscape garden
Lytes Cary Manor
Somerset · 29 mi away
Medieval and Tudor manor house with a chapel, associated with the Lyte family of herbalists
Dyffryn House
Vale of Glamorgan · 31 mi away
Edwardian mansion set within extensive gardens, near Cardiff
Avebury Manor
Wiltshire · 31 mi away
Tudor manor house redecorated room-by-room in different historical styles for a BBC television project
Coleridge Cottage
Somerset · 32 mi away
Cottage in Nether Stowey where Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'
Montacute House
Somerset · 35 mi away
Elizabethan prodigy house built of golden Ham stone, with a long gallery hung with Tudor portraits
Fawley Court
Herefordshire · 36 mi away
Grade II* listed house near Ross-on-Wye with an early 16th-century core rebuilt in the mid-17th century, once the seat of the Kyrle family; now a private exclusive-hire house, not open for general day visits.
Brympton House
Somerset · 36 mi away
Grade I listed manor house near Yeovil with origins dating to 1220, rebuilt and extended by the Sydenham family across the 15th-17th centuries; now a private wedding and events venue, not open for general day visits.
Barrington Court
Somerset · 36 mi away
Tudor manor house, one of the earliest sizeable buildings acquired by the National Trust
Philipps House
Wiltshire · 36 mi away
Neoclassical Greek Revival house set in Dinton Park
Stock Gaylard House
Dorset · 38 mi away
Georgian house set within a deer park, privately owned by the Langmead family.
Tretower Court
Powys · 39 mi away
Restored 15th-century courtyard manor house with a recreated medieval garden, sited beside but distinct from the ruined Tretower Castle.
Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), not driving or train time - check the operator's own site for real travel options before you go.
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit near Bristol?
23 stately homes near Bristol are on this list, spread across 8 counties. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which is the best-rated stately home near Bristol?
Stourhead in Wiltshire, rated 4.8 from 12,142 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Are any stately homes near Bristol free to enter?
None of the 23 on this list is recorded as free entry. Entry prices are set by each house rather than held here, and several are covered by a membership scheme, so check the operator's own site before you travel.
Who runs the stately homes near Bristol?
Of the 23 on this list, 1 is run by Cadw, 16 are run by the National Trust and the remaining 6 by private estates, independent trusts or local councils. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.
Can you stay overnight in a stately home near Bristol?
Yes. You can stay at Tyntesfield, Newark Park, Tredegar House and Lacock Abbey, 12 in total. What is on offer ranges from a full country-house hotel to a self-catering cottage on the estate, so check each house's own page and book direct.