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Portbury ditch sluice gate
The sluice gate keeps the water level of Portbury ditch (to the south) artificially high. The ditch eventually flows into Portishead marina and the Severn estuary.
Image: © Sharon Loxton
Taken: 31 Jul 2006
0.04 miles
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Bus stops on Bristol Road
These stops are located by the junction with Glebe Road that may be seen to the left of the picture.
Image: © Ruth Riddle
Taken: 10 Jul 2012
0.05 miles
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The Rhyne, Middle Bridge Sluice
The Rhyne is a drainage channel that flows through Portishead.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 19 Jul 2021
0.06 miles
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Bus stop on Bristol Road, Portishead
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 18 Nov 2019
0.06 miles
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Portis drain at Middle Bridge, Portishead
Image: © Dr Duncan Pepper
Taken: 6 Dec 2008
0.09 miles
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Portishead, The Green Cottage
The cottage carries an Ordnance Survey cut bench mark made for the First Primary Levelling of England and Wales (1840-1860). It is mark No.44 on a branch levelling from Bristol to Portishead and part of a levelling from Bristol to Plymouth. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6662679 for a close-up and https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm42640 for details of the mark.
Image: © Brian Westlake
Taken: 30 Oct 2020
0.11 miles
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Cut Mark: Portishead, The Green Cottage
Ordnance Survey cut bench mark made for the First Primary Levelling of England and Wales (1840-1860). It is mark No.44 on a branch levelling from Bristol to Portishead and part of a levelling from Bristol to Plymouth. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6662678 for a wider view and https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm42640 for details of the mark.
Image: © Brian Westlake
Taken: 30 Oct 2020
0.11 miles
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Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on The Green Cottage, Bristol Road. It marks a point 7.436m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 14 Mar 2022
0.11 miles
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Portbury ditch from Middle bridge
To the north of the sluice gate (and Middle bridge) the water level in Portbury ditch is much lower than to the south. The ditch eventually runs into Portishead marina and the Severn estuary.
Image: © Sharon Loxton
Taken: 31 Jul 2006
0.12 miles
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Snow in February
"All Day" Snow at Breakfast until ...
Image: © Michael Dennis Stagg
Taken: 18 Feb 2010
0.13 miles