Photos: Bristol > Floating Harbour

The Floating Harbour occupies 70 acres (0.28 km˛) of the old course of the River Avon in the centre of Bristol, England. The Avon has been in use as a harbour since at least the 13th century, but was "floated" by the construction of lock gates at Hotwells in the 19th century. During the 20th century the harbour declined as a commercial port due to the difficulty of navigating through the Avon Gorge downstream, and the size limit imposed by the the locks and width of the harbour. The harbour first lost out to competition from the deep water docks at Liverpool and Southampton, and then to the newly constructed modern docks at Avonmouth and Portbury on the Bristol Channel Coast a few miles downstream. The last heavy industry moved out in the 1980s and the docks are now used for recreation. Many of the old warehouses have been torn down, but a backlash against the destruction of historical buildings has led to many being turned into museums, bars, and similar. The annual Bristol Harbour Festival is held here, attracting ships from around the world. Read more at Wikipedia.

Redcliffe Wharf	Cumberland Basin	Bristol Harbour Railway	Thekla	spine	Castle Park
Prince's Street Bridge (open)	Pero's Bridge	Avon Gorge	River Avon	Avon	Gas works
Bristol Bridge	Prince's Wharf	Castle Park	cranes	Redcliffe Wharf	Velntine's bridge
Power station	Courage	Winter morning at Temple Quay	Bristol Bridge	Cumberland Basin	Redcliffe Wharf
Pero's Bridge	valentine's bridge	Redcliffe Quay	Avon	Redcliffe Wharf	Prince's Wharf
temple quay	Lightship	Millennium Square	Valentine's Bridge		St Peter's Church
SSGB	Valentine's Bridge	Bristol Bridge	Bathurst Basin	Bristol Harbour Railway	Beware of trains
Hotwells	Flock of cranes	Bristol Harbour Railway	St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol Harbour	Bristol Harbour Railway	St Mary Redcliffe
Hotwells gas works	Harbour	Brunel Way	still here...	Bristol Industrial Museum	Dog on boat
Bristol Harbour	St Augustine's Reach	Ferry	Canons Marsh	Princes Wharf

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