Harbours & ports · South Wales
Avonmouth
Avonmouth — port, suburb and former electoral ward in Bristol, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Avonmouth · 0.1 km
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Avonmouth is a harbour in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 3,402 people. Address: BS11. Wikidata describes it as: "port, suburb and former electoral ward in Bristol, England". Coordinates: 51.5010°, -2.6990°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Severn Estuary SSSI
- Ramsar wetland: Severn Estuary
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Avonmouth ( AY-vən-mowth) is a port and outer suburb of Bristol, England, on the north bank of the mouth of the River Avon and the eastern shore of the Severn Estuary. Part of the Port of Bristol, Avonmouth Docks is important to the region's maritime economy, hosting large vessels for the unloading and exporting of heavier goods. Much of the land use is industrial, including warehousing, light industry, electrical power and sanitation. The M5 motorway bisects the neighbourhood, with junctions onto the A4 road and M49 motorway, and it has stations on the Severn Beach Line railway. Avonmouth is part of the Bristol City Council electoral ward of Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, which also includes Shirehampton and the western end of Lawrence Weston.
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Background
History
The area was historically part of the chapelry of Shirehampton, a detached part of the ancient parish of Westbury-on-Trym in Gloucestershire. Bewys Cross, a stone monument possibly dating from the 15th century, was located on the bank of the Severn close to the old mouth of the Avon. As depicted on James Millerd's 1673 map of Bristol, the main elements of the Avonmouth area in the medieval and early modern period were the Kingroad (the bay between the Avonmouth and Portishead) and the Hungroad (the anchorage in the lower Avon between Shirehampton and Pill. Both are depicted on Greenvile Collins c.1693 chart of the Bristol Channel, which includes a detail image that depicts King William…
Description
Avonmouth is home to the largest single footprint warehouse in the United Kingdom, a 1,250,000 sq ft portal frame building operated by The Range as a distribution centre. The enormous building occupies 55 acres of land and is part of the Central Park project located close to the Severn estuary shoreline. Previously, the largest single footprint warehouse in the United Kingdom was a building operated by Amazon in Dunfermline, Scotland which covers 1,000,000 sq ft.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5010, -2.6990
- District
- Bristol, City of
- Parish
- Bristol, City of, unparished area
- Postcode
- BS11
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bristol North West
- Population
- 3,402
- Nearest railway station
- Avonmouth — 0.1 km
- Official site
- www.avonmouthcca.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1792885 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Avonmouth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Avonmouth St Andrew.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Avonmouth?
- Avonmouth is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode BS11), in the parish of Bristol, City of, unparished area.
- Is Avonmouth a protected site?
- Yes — Avonmouth is part of the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Severn Estuary Ramsar wetland.
- How do I get to Avonmouth?
- The nearest railway station is Avonmouth, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BS11.