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Clifton Suspension Bridge
Clifton's most famous (and photographed) landmark is another Brunel masterpiece, the 76m-high Clifton Suspension Bridge, which spans the Avon Gorge over to Leigh Woods in northern Somerset. It's a graceful sight, and one of Britain's most elegant bridges. Though construction work began in 1836, Brunel died before the bridge's completion in 1864.
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Red Lodge
Arguably the southwest's finest slice of Elizabethan architecture. It was built in 1590, remodelled in 1730, and bears the hallmarks of Elizabethan, Stuart and Georgian architects. Originally built to accompany a great house that stood on the site of the Colston Hall, the lodge is an architectural feast, packed with wood carvings, original cornicing and delicate plasterwork.
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St Mary Redcliffe
Described as 'the fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England' by Queen Elizabeth I, St Mary Redcliffe is a stunning piece of perpendicular architecture with a soaring 89m-high spire, a grand hexagonal porch that easily outdoes Bristol cathedral in splendour, and a vaulted ceiling decorated with fine gilt bosses. The 14th-century south porch is carved with intricate birds and animals.
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