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Riverside Business Park, St. Annes Road, BRISTOL, BS4 4ED

The St Anne's part of Bristol has long been associated with some large industries that congregated near the River Avon. Even so, a little green space is utilised by a resourceful community.

Out of sight of the River Avon now this bollard was probably used by craft waiting for the tide to take them into Bristol Docks. Although the Avon was made navigable to Bath in 1727 Bristol Docks were tidal until: "Construction started in 1804 to build the tidal New Cut and divert the River Avon along the Feeder Canal to the harbour; a system designed and built by William Jessop and later improved by Isambard Kingdom Brunel." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netham_Lock

The typical trading estate mix of offices and industrial units, beyond which are the modern flats of Weavers Mill Close.

It is always rush hour on Newbridge Road and for miles around - rush? Congestion caused by the amount of traffic using this link between Brislington to the south and Redfield to the north combined with the narrow bridge at the end of the Feeder Canal Image]

Kennet & Avon Canal Walk by the River Avon heading to Netham Lock

Going their separate ways either side of this promontory, the river on the far side.

Close to the industrial units and warehouses are some modern apartments on the Weavers Mill area. They lie further past the banks of the River Avon.

An old mooring post still makes for a useful bollard to the path that runs along the south banks of the River Avon. In the past this stretch of the river would have been largely a place to moor boats before the enormous board mills were built (and demolished) in the twentieth century.

A concrete construction crossing the Avon close to the junction with the New Cut. A bridge was built in the late nineteenth century but this version is a newer one.