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Northwick Road, BRISTOL, BS35 4JE

The exchange is a post-war development around Wain Bridge, but it looks pretty derelict now. Perhaps one or two things are still in use, as suggested by the mast. Behind it is the new surgery. Pilning's first exchange was a manual switchboard operating from the Post Office, opening on 25th February, 1929. That was replaced by the exchange seen here on 28th March, 1973, and at a cost of £78,000. That system was replaced in 2010.

A new facility for the village, located behind the telephone exchange.

Pilning's war memorial has been on a journey. Originally installed here at the junction of the B4064 and Northwick Road after WWI, it stood on a narrower road and suffered from problems in WWII. In 1943 a bombing raid caused some damage to the inn and the memorial, both being repaired. Ironically, the following year an American Army vehicle hit it and caused more damage. It was repaired again but was relocated elsewhere. By 1979, calls to return it here at the original place grew, but the means to do so were unforthcoming. With passing years the effort finally brought about the reinstatement in 1994. Grade II listed. Sadly, although the memorial is now in better condition, the Cross Hands Inn opposite now faces an uncertain future.

The memorial to Pilning's fallen in both world wars is a granite base, shaft and wheel cross. As an up-to-date feature, there is a QR code panel for greater illumination. Grade II listed.

Looking westwards towards the centre of the village.

Opened in 1928 by the Great Western Railway on the loop line from Bristol via Pilning to Severn Beach and back to Bristol, this station closed in 1964. It is hard to believe that there was ever a railway here, but before the opening of the Severn Tunnel, this was also the 'main' line to South Wales via the New Passage ferry. View north west towards New Passage and Severn Beach.