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1 MAGPIE BOTTOM Douglas Road Potters Wood Industrial Park Magpie Bottom, so called because of the families of magpies that Methodist New Horizans roost here, runs along the Stradbrook. There are several woodland Learning Centre John Cabot Courtney Courtney Road trails and overgrown paths in addition to the main pathways that Academy Primary cross from north to south and east to west. There is a green with School d a o goal posts and other, smaller grassy areas dotted around. Towards R t s e Court Road the bottom of Magpie Bottom you will find a fresh water spring r Weston Way o F Play Area that flows into a pond – a haven for wildlife. y Playing Fields a Magpie sw Woodstock g 1 in K Bottom Beacon Rise Play Area 2 Primary d Hanham Mount a School Towards Hope o R l l Allotments i Kingswood / Hanham Mount commemorates the persecution of the Baptist Wesley h C Cock Road s t o Emersons Green o Hanham Memorial u o community in the 1600s. John Wesley, inspired by George Niblett’s H r Ridge ill F Methodist t Footpath Mount R d Whitfield’s open-air preaching style, gave the city’s first al fresco o k Roa towards a oc d C 3 sermon on Hanham Mount in 1739. A beacon was installed in Bristol S t A 2 id an 1951 (replaced in 2007). ’s R d Hollyguest Road oad a o d Allotments R oa Mount Hill R C Hanham m a o Woodyleaze Ascension 4 3 United nh 7 n a 41 h H Allotments C Of E Cock Road Ridge Reformed A W a Dundridge m D Aspects r u a n x Lush and green, the south-east facing slope of the Ridge is a R d rid Leisure Park a o Park g l e L e l an a R hidden oasis of pleasant walks and unrivalled views over Bristol. d Hanham d Discover grassland, woodland and two ponds which are home to 5 Methodist Abbotscroft Payne Hanham Green birds, butterflies, badgers and foxes. Cock Road may have got its Conham Christ Library oad Church Approx 17 mins name from the old practice of trapping wild birds such as woodcock. urch R 6 River Park Ch Hanham to Keynsham Superstore Barrs Court The Great Oak by the pond is possibly one of the original trees. Lime Road Community railway station Greenbank 4 Allotments Primary Cadbury Centre Hanham Recreation Ground School Baptist Heath 4 Vicarage Road d R Gallagher Healthcare Conham River Park H i k l Playing Fields Approx g l h n Retail Park i S a H 20 mins to t The river path and surrounding woodland is home to kingfishers, Conh m & Hanham FC Hanham r b 7 a Samuel e n Old Market et e Abbots re cormorants, owls, foxes, deer and a bat cave. The thick walls of Whites (Bristol) G Infant School Junior Barrs Court the old smelter works are still standing, as is the boundary wall School Moated Park of Conham Hall (demolished in 1971). Regional Hanham Cycle Route M Woods Hanham e 16 5 dward D m oo Dundridge Park Academy Health W ri v o BMX e y r i a Dundridge Park sits on a large plateau and offers big open a Christ Church A Track l 4 W R Hanham 31 spaces for walking, picnicking and play. Stroll through the beautiful o m G a a a Primary d h y s tree-lined pathway and spot squirrels and birds among the branches. s r School d R a a o o a M R The fields were once part of Dundridge Farm and, during World War II, d s d k a c Ro u were utilised for food production. Earlier still, the land was part of te t 4 Samuel Whi it 7 h 1 W 4 Kingswood Forest. Hanham A Hall Park 6 Hanham Greenbank Recreation Ground Mustard Tree Avon 8 10 Hills Community This home ground for AEK-BOCO F.C. has grass pitches for football, Valley 9 cricket and mini soccer as well as being an open space for all to enjoy. 11 All Saints Woodlands Hanham Hanham United Cricket Common Club 7 Barrs Court Moated Park Longwell Green Primary School Originally part of Kingswood Chase – a royal hunting forest – the park A b b is now a public green space. The moat is bordered by the ruins of the ad o o ts R R large mansion that stood there until around 1740. One of the original rm o a a F d e outbuildings, the large cruciform tithe barn, was converted in the late tl s River Avon a 1980s into a public house. C 8 Avon Valley Woodlands There are many pathways to explore through these woodlands. You may come across the ruins of old buildings, like the ‘powder Bees Key house’ at the bottom of Hencliff Wood, which housed dynamite TRAVEL BY TRAIN Pond for local quarries and the railway. Stone for the piers of the Clifton Suspension bridge was quarried here. Keynsham railway station is 5km south of Hanham. Trains go to Green Spaces Bus stops Car parks destinations including Bristol Temple Meads, Bristol Parkway, Electric vehicle 9 Weymouth, Warminster, Gloucester, Westbury, Reading and London Grassland Schools charging point Hanham Common Paddington. To get to the station, you can catch a bus from the Hanham + car parks The official village green for Hanham includes a children’s play area, ‘Blue Bowl’ bus stop on Hanham High Street or it’s a 15 minute cycle Court Footpath Woodland Places of shelter, pavilion, and football pitches. The Common is the venue for Gardens towards Shopping / retail from here. There are cycle storage facilities at the station; as well worship the annual fayre which features a dog show, stalls, car-boot sale, Towards Willsbridge as car parking, a ticket office, step-free access and shelters. Keynsham / Paved routes Shopping music, children’s fairground rides and vintage car display. Brislington (off-road) Bristol Temple Meads is 7km to the west and is an approximate Community Restaurants / Hanham Centres eating / drinking 30 minute cycle from Hanham High Street. The station offers mainline Lock 10 Unpaved routes Hanham Hall Park services to Taunton, Exeter, Gloucester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds (off-road) Food + drink This green space is home to Hanham Community Play Area and is Health Centre Playgrounds and Manchester. Steps good for dog walking, picnics and having a kick-about. CYCLE PARKing Regional Cycle On the map we have highlighted some of the local attractions that Post office Bike parking 11 REGIONAL CYCLE ROUTE 16 Route 16 Hanham Hills have lots of cycle parking available, but across the area there are Well-loved by local residents, this area is an important green-belt Bike parking Starting at Cribbs Causeway and following the Avon Ring Road around lots of places to park your bike – the vast majority of local attractions, 1/4 mile 1/2 mile space for wildlife and the surrounding community. There are a the north and eastern fringes of Bristol, Route 16 runs along the A4174, green spaces, amenities and schools have convenient cycle parking number of footpaths to meander along, with some leading passing through Hanham, and is labelled on the maps in this guide. and lots more is being added all the time. 100m 500m 1km towards woodland and longer walking routes. Every effort has been made to represent an accurate reflection of the area on this map. We apologise for anything we may have missed out. Information correct at time of printing April 2021. litter picks around Barrs Court Moated Park. Park. Moated Court Barrs around picks litter BarrsCourtMoat a South Gloucestershire Council and Travelwest project. project. 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