What is recorded here
Observation Tower on Filton Airfield is a castle, fort or tower in South Gloucestershire, England. Perhaps watchers stood inside when planes first cut the sky, marking distance and direction before instruments existed. Maybe the tower still points at weather, waiting for hands to read it.
A named place photographed at this map point in South Gloucestershire.
Places near here
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Norman Scott ParkVisitor information · 800 yd
Aircraft Hangar, Single GS Type (16U)Listed building · 1036 yd
Pegwell BrakeWood · 1673 yd
Christmas TreeEvergreen Conifer, exact kind not recorded · 1.0 mi
Cribbs Causeway waterfallWaterfall · 1.2 mi
Milestone - Bristol 3Monument or public art · 1.6 mi
Bridge under the M5 by Hollywood TowerCastle, fort or tower · 1.7 mi
Boundary StoneMonument or public art · 1.9 mi
Tower House, AlmondsburyCastle, fort or tower · 1.9 miOther information
Photo: Linda Bailey · CC BY-SA 2.0