Distance: 5 miles Sea Mills to Shirehampton Walking Time: 21/2 hours 18 GRADE: Easy/moderate 3

From the ancient port of Sea Mills, this walk follows the River Maps: Trym upstream through the nineteenth century tourist attraction Explorer 155 & Bath of Coombe Dingle to Blaise. It climbs to Kings Weston Down 1:25 000 scale and crosses Shirehampton Golf Course to finish along the banks of the Avon following the Severn Way Link. For most of its length Landranger 172 Bristol & Bath the walk is away from roads but some roads must be crossed. 1:50 000 scale As these can be busy please take care when doing so and use safe crossing points wherever possible. Grid Ref: ST 549 759

PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION Train Both Sea Mills and Shirehampton are stops on the Line Railway. A regular service departs from Temple Meads approximately hourly throughout the main part of the day, Monday to Saturday. There is no Sunday service. Bus The 902 Portway Park & Ride service operates to/from Portway near Sea Mills and Shirehampton Stations every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday during the day from Rupert Street in the Centre. Journey time is approximately 20 minutes. For further information on bus services log on to www.firstgroup.com and rail services call 08457 48 49 50 or call the traveline number below. PUBLIC HOUSES/CAFES EN ROUTE Millhouse Pub, Shirehampton Road Tel. 0117 968 2913 The Lamplighter Pub, Station Road, Shirehampton Tel. 0117 982 3549 Kiosk at Blaise Estate PUBLIC TOILETS Blaise Estate CREDITS AND FURTHER INFORMATION Severnside Ramblers have provided information for this walk card.

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Sea Mills Shirehampton

Standing at the head of the harbour, looking The landscape of Blaise has been changed by At Shirehampton the remains of the through the rail and road bridges to the River its inhabitants throughout its history.The area Lamplighter's Ferry to Pill are still visible. The Avon, it is difficult to imagine that this harbour has been home to an Iron Age hillfort, a name comes from the fashionable Regency dates back to the third century when it was Roman temple and a medieval chapel on Hotel, built by a street lighting contractor. part of the Roman settlement of Abona.The Castle Hill.The landscape seen today was The ferry was economically important until the modern harbour was built in 1712, when it designed by the famous landscape architect, M5 bridge opened. Shirehampton Railway was one of only three in Britain where boats Humphry Repton, creating what is seen as an Station was built to serve Pill rather than the could remain afloat regardless of the tide. oasis amidst Bristol's ever growing suburbs. genteel village of Shirehampton itself. However, the distance from Bristol and lack As you walk along the top of Kings Weston of a good road link meant that Sea Mills was Hill, consider that all these trees are a fairly not popular with merchants and its use recent addition to the landscape and that you declined in favour of the city docks could see for miles in most directions. No development.Today you can still see some wonder a fort was built here! remains of the harbour walls but the harbour itself is used only for mooring pleasure craft.

Penny Well Pool in Blaise Castle Estate Stratford Mill was moved to the Hazel Brook when its Chew Valley site was flooded to make the reservoir. el The Folly in Blaise Castle Estate az k Blaise Castle H o ad ro Ro Cafe House B on The section of the walk between Blaise est W ngs Severn Beach Railway Line across River Avon Estate and Shirehampton Park follows Ki the Community Forest Path. This is a Blaise Castle 3 45 mile path encircling the green Folly Stratford n ekil Mill spaces of Bristol and its Lim od Wo surrounding countryside. 7 05 4 B4 Kings Western Hill Fort is a small Goram's uni-valliate earthwork, which means Chair it has a single row of ramparts. Its Potter's inhabitants may have been slaughtered G Kings r 2 Point 5 o Weston v by raiders from the grander fort at e R Hill o a Blaise Castle, armed with sling shot. d

Kings Weston Down Nature Reserve 162 A4 The lightly wooded valley Finish the walk at Shirehampton Station d of Coombe Dingle suits its a o and take the Severn Beach service back 54 R B40 le name perfectly. The name B 2 ing to Temple Meads. d 4 6 D oa 0 1 Coombe Dingle, with both R 54 4 n Shirehampton Park A to words meaning a wooded amp (Golf Course) Shireh hollow or valley, follows a d Par B4 R Bristol tradition of naming k R 0 n d 54 r rds a things twice - the word rna B Be l St. l d 2 e Avon is Celtic for 'river'. R 16 B A4 ill Pilll ch ge W Rd ea S T A4 ell hl e h ood w rt ve e Key o k R r P N al i n o v B r d 6 W e e t R r a w public house n c a tio A h y Sta v R o a walk route p n i A lw 4 m a y other paths y r L T in e n r n o e a field boundary Sports & Social Club v e L A v Sports Ground i s r Start the walk from ll ve R i road Ri Seaea Mills M Sea Mills Station on the Harbourrbourbour ea S urban area Severn Beach Line. 1 Sea MillsMillslls woodland N Stationtionon open area 0m 500m 1km railway line/station © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Bristol City Council. 100023406. 2007 waterway