IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Elm Tree Park, Sheepway, BRISTOL, BS20 7WW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Elm Tree Park, Sheepway, BS20 7WW by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (38 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
New cars, Royal Portbury Dock Industrial Estate
Awaiting delivery, and seen from NCN26.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 30 Sep 2014
0.08 miles
2
Portbury railway station (site), Somerset
Opened in 1867 by the Bristol & Portishead Railway between those two places, later part of the Great Western Railway, this station closed in 1964.
View east towards Pill and Bristol. The track was officially "mothballed" when this image was taken.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 25 Sep 2021
0.09 miles
3
House by an old railway line
The remains of the Portishead branch line which closed to passengers in 1964, seen from the road bridge to Sheepway.
This was the site of Portbury Station and even now there are plans to re-open the line to passenger traffic to enable the commuters of Portishead to easily get into Bristol.
See; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishead_Railway
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 16 Jul 2009
0.10 miles
4
Former railway station at Portbury
Closed in 1964: Image Now a dwelling.
Re-opening of the line is now going ahead as a key part (Phase 1B) of the MetroWest project which will link and upgrade the railway system in the Bristol area.
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 18 Nov 2019
0.10 miles
5
The line by Station House
The line now being defunct, the old Portbury station remains as a private residence. A length of rail can still be seen.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 27 Dec 2019
0.10 miles
6
Portbury Railway Station
The passenger service on the Portishead branch ended on 5th September 1964 but Portbury station had already closed to all traffic, on 30th April 1962. Goods traffic to & from Portishead, primarily cement, woodpulp, & coal for the power station, continued until 1981. In 2002 the branch was partially re-opened to a point almost 2 miles from Portbury station to serve the new Royal Portbury Dock (opened in 1978). Pressure for the complete branch to be re-opened to passenger traffic started within 2 years of its withdrawal & continues to this day.
For a 2009 photo taken from almost the same spot see: Image
Date of photo uncertain but circa 1966.
Image: © Martin Tester
Taken: Unknown
0.10 miles
7
Cut Mark: Portbury, Sheepway, Railway Bridge
There is a cut bench mark on the west parapet of the bridge. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6991695 for a closer view and https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm121166 for details of the mark.
Image: © Brian Westlake
Taken: 10 Oct 2021
0.10 miles
8
Cut Mark: Portbury, Sheepway, Railway Bridge
Cut bench mark on the west parapet of the bridge. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6991698 for a closer view and https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm121166 for details of the mark.
Image: © Brian Westlake
Taken: 10 Oct 2021
0.10 miles
10
A clue on Sheepway
The railway bridge is partly enclosed by fencing, the posts of which are reused railway track, known as 'Bridge Rail' and used by the Great Western Railway on their broad-gauge lines.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 27 Dec 2019
0.11 miles