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The Bristol Bridges Walk Extract from the book “From Brycgstow to Bristol in 45 Bridges” by Jeff Lucas and Thilo Gross Published by Bristol Books 2019 CopyrightFROM BRYCGSTOW Jeff Lucas/Bristol TO BRISTOL Books 2019 IN 45 BRIDGES COPYRIGHT: JEFF LUCAS / BRISTOL BOOKS 2019 This walk takes you across all the 45 walkable bridges that span Bristol’s main waterways. They are listed in the table on the left, together with the distancesr R between each one. The walk is a circular one of 45km (28 miles) and ste THE BRISTOLTHE BRISTOL Henleazetakes you across each bridge just once. It doesn’t matter which bridge you start at, or which direction you go in, the walk will bring you back to whereuce you started. Detailed instructions and a gpx file can be downloaded from Glo BRIDGES WALK the Facebook Group The Bristol Bridges Walk Challenge, where you can also find news and updates about the The bridges that make up the walk are listed in the table on route and you can post and share your own photosMu and experiences. The companion handbook can be ordered ll Stapleton BRIDGES WALK e the left, together with the distances between each one. The r from the Bristol Books website or purchased from the bookshopsRo listed on the next page. If you complete the walk is a circular one of 45km (28 miles). It doesn’t matter a whole walk, you can get the badge!Bishopston More details on all thesed matters can be found on the Facebook page. This which bridge you start at, or whichCrossing direction eachyou go in,one the only once digital map can be zoomed to show more detail. walk will bring you back to where you started. Westbury Road Westbury Park Distance Distance from start from previous bridge Fish d 1 Bristol Bridge 0km po oa Eastville n R 2 St Philip’s Bridge 0.4km 400m Redland ds 3 Castle Ditch Bridge 0.6km 200m St Andrew�s 4 Temple Bridge 1.0km 400m 5 Valentine’s Bridge 1.3km 300m 6 Meads Reach Bridge 1.5km 200m St Werburgh�s 7 Bath Bridge (West) 2.2km 700m 8 Bath Bridge (East) 2.4km 200m d oa 9 Brock’s Bridge 2.8km 400m W R hi n t Montpelier 10 St Philip’s Footbridge 3.0km 200m e �� to l e 11 Temple Meads Relief Line Bridge 3.2km 200m a l d d p ie �� 12 Sparke Evans Park Bridge 4.7km 1.5km n y Roa ta Easton w s �� Ashle S 13 St Philips Causeway Bridge (East) 5.0km 300m o R Cotham E D oad a P St Paul�s s 14 St Philips Causeway Bridge (West) 5.4km 400m n t o e on 15 Barton Hill Bridge 6.6km 1.2km lift m C brok W 16 Netham Lock Bridge (East) 7.1km 500m a y 17 New Brislington Bridge 7.2km 100m Clifton e Roa Whitehall Road 18 St Anne’s Footbridge 7.8km 600m 19 Netham Lock Bridge (West) 8.4km 600m St Jude�s d 20 Feeder Road Footbridge 9.4km 1km �� d 21 Marsh Bridge 10.1km 700m Roa ch Redfield 22 Totterdown Bridge 10.9km 800m hur Quaker�s C 23 Langton St Bridge (Banana Bridge) 12.4km 1.5km H Next page Friars Cottage 24 Bedminster Bridge (East) 12.8km 400m Inn Old Market 25 Bedminster Bridge (West) 12.9km 100m �� � 26 Bathurst Basin Footbridge 13.3km 400m Clifton Village �� 27 Bathurst Basin Roadbridge (East) 13.5km 200m S �� a 28 Bathurst Basin Roadbridge (West) 13.6km 100m � � int 29 Gaol Ferry Bridge 13.9km 300m � Phi Barton Hill � �� 30 Vauxhall Bridge 14.8km 900m lip �� � 31 Ashton Avenue Bridge 15.5km 700m s C �� �� a �� 32 Avon Bridge 15.8km 300m �� useway 33 South Entrance Lock Bridge 16.0km 200m �� Redcliffe 34 South Entrance Lock Walkway 16.2km 200m �� �� �� Hotwells Canon�s Marsh 35 Plimsoll Bridge 16.3km 100m �� �� �� �� 36 Clifton Suspension Bridge 17.3km 1km �� � d � 37 Avonmouth Road Bridge 27.1km 9.8km �� �� �� � St Philip�s Marsh 38 Portway Viaduct 34.1km 7km �� �� 39 Poole’s Wharf Bridge 40.8km 6.7km �� �� �� �� �� �� �� 40 North Junction Lock Bridge 40.9km 100m �� �� �� 41 South Junction Lock Bridge 41.0km 100m 42 Prince Street Bridge 43.0km 2km Southville �� 43 Pero’s Bridge 43.2km 200m 44 Redcliffe Bridge 44.0km 800m 45 Castle Bridge 44.9km 900m t 1 Bristol Bridge 45.2km 300m ree North St ExtractFROM BRYCGSTOW from TO the BRISTOL book IN 45 BRIDGES“From Brycgstow to Bristol in 45 Bridges” by Jeff Lucas and Thilo Gross PublishedCOPYRIGHT: by Bristol JEFF LUCAS Books/ BRISTOL BOOKS 2019 2019 Each one of Bristol’s bridges has a Westbury on Trym fascinating story which is woven intimately into the 1000year history d of the city. Why was it built? What H n Roa i ampto g reh was involved in its design, h ay S Shi W t engineering and construction? r ee nue �� t an e What dramatic events sometimesv ylv S Sea Mills Shirehampton swirled around and perhaps onay A it? Sh In this book Jeff Lucas tellsllaw the story ireh e ay am K w p of each of the 45 bridges which Port ton R span the main waterways of Bristol oad Henleaze between Avonmouth and St Anne’s and which can be crossed on foot. Illustrated with Jeff’s own revealing photography, this book will open up new ways of looking at these often beautiful structures that we usually Pill �� take for granted. The bridges are linked into a 45km. circular walk that Stoke Bishop takes you from the nooks and crannies of the inner city to the open vistas of the Severn Estuary and back again. This walk is also the solution to anBishopston intriguing mathematical puzzle called the “Königsberg Bridge Problem”: how to walk around a given set of bridges crossing each one only once. Westbury Road The problem hasWestbury been solved Park for Bristol’s 45 bridges by Thilo Gross, a young mathematician lately at Bristol University, who contributes a chapter about the bridge problem, its importance to mathematics and the modern world and how he solved it for Bristol. Sneyd Park “From Brycgstow to Bristol in 45 Bridges” Redlandwill be available at Mart the end of June from the following bookshops: com be Road (TO BE CONFIRMED ) Por tw ay M Shed W P ill Bristol Tourist Informatonhi Office E Shed Canons Rd R t Montpelier oa e l Clifton Suspension Bridgea Visitor Centre d d Centraln Art Gallery Shopie w s SSo Great Britain Shop R Cotham D oad n P o Stanfordse Corn Street lift m brok B B C Waterstones Union Galleries Broadmead r r i i dge dge Clifton e Roa V It can also be ordered from the Bristol Books Website (post free). a Abbots Leigh lle d y y R R o o a a A d bbo ts Leigh Quaker�s Ro ad From Previous page Friars �� � Abbo Clifton Village ts �� Le igh Roa � d Row nham H ill �� �� e �� �� Hotwells Canon�s Marsh h Lan �� �� �� �� Bus.
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