River

Moorend

Located in Tickenham, North Somerset Coordinates: 51°26′25″ N 2°45′58″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 9 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Nailsea; 1 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: BRS Bristol Airport7 km; CWL Cardiff International Airport40 km

About Moorend

Moorend is a river. Location: Tickenham, North Somerset. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (7 km). Nearby sights include Tickenham Hill and Noah's Ark Zoo Farm.

Climate of Moorend

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 11° · Night 5° · Rain 94 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night 2°)
Wettest month: January (100 mm)
Driest month: April (55 mm)

8° 3°

8° 2°

10° 4°

13° 5°

16° 8°

19° 11°

21° 13°

18° 11°

14° 8°

11° 5°

9° 4°

Jan

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Moorend
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	8°	8°	10°	13°	16°	19°	21°	21°	18°	14°	11°	9°
Average low (°C)	3°	2°	4°	5°	8°	11°	13°	13°	11°	8°	5°	4°
Precipitation (mm)	100	67	76	55	62	67	55	75	86	90	94	99

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Moorend

The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 7 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bristol, 12 km to the east.

Airports

Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 7 kmsoutheast
Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 40 kmwest
Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 91 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Bristol Population: 479K 12 kmeast
Newport Population: 161.5K 23 kmnorthwest
Bath Population: 101.6K 29 kmeast
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 29 kmwest
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 60 kmnortheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Moorend

Within 100 km: 795 historic and cultural sites, 1,611 natural sites, 141 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km173 places

Knightstone Island 18 kmSW
Denny Island Island 10 kmN
Denny Island Island 15 kmSE
Birnbeck Island Island 19 kmSW

25–60 km773 places

Kilve Beach Beach 42 kmSW
Steep Holm Island 26 kmSW
Flat Holm Island 26 kmW
Barry Island Island 36 kmW

60–100 km1,601 places

Chesil Beach Beach 91 kmS
Man O'War Beach Beach 97 kmS
Charmouth Beach Beach 79 kmS
Round Island Island 99 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Nailsea Town, Nailsea
1 km SE
Stone-edge Batch Village, Tickenham
0.3 km N
Tickenham Village, Tickenham
2.6 km W
Clapton in Gordano Village, Clapton-in-Gordano
2.6 km N
Portishead Town, Portishead and North Weston
4.6 km N
Nailsea and Backwell Village, Nailsea
1.2 km SE

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Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Tickenham Hill Mountain, Tickenham
2.4 km W
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Attraction, Wraxall and Failand
2.4 km NE
Failand Hill Mountain, Wraxall and Failand
4.2 km E
Weston Down Mountain, Portishead and North Weston
4.6 km NW
Court Hill Mountain, Clevedon
4.7 km W
Court Wood Natural site, Clevedon
4.8 km W
St George's Hill Mountain, Portbury
5.2 km NE
Walton Castle Mountain, Clevedon
5.5 km W

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Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026