2015
ST5571 : Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
taken 9 years ago, near to Leigh Woods, North Somerset, England
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Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
Bristol Balloon Fiesta
The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is held annually England. Teams from the UK and other parts of the world bring their hot air balloons to the site and participate in mass ascents where as many as 100 balloons may launch at a time.
The event was first held in 1979 and is now one of the largest in Europe. It is common to have crowds of over 100,000 on each of the four days of the festival. It takes place in a large country estate Ashton Court.
From Wikipedia article August 2016 Link
Long Ashton :: ST5470
Long Ashton is a village and civil parish in North Somerset, Somerset. In 2011 it had a population of 6044.Link
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- Grid Square
- ST5571, 210 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Hamish Griffin (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 9 August, 2015 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 11 April, 2017
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 55 71 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 51:26.4441N 2:38.4982W
