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Tag: Bristol walks

  • Exploring more of Brislington and St. Annes in Bristol

    Exploring more of Brislington and St. Annes in Bristol

    I grew up in Hanham just outside of Bristol. on the north side of the River Avon. As we played in the local woods and on the slag heaps left from centuries of coal mining we looked across to St. Annes on the other side of the river. My husband on the other hand lived…

  • Discovering Kings Weston House and Shirehampton

    Discovering Kings Weston House and Shirehampton

    We are very fortunate. Bristol is surrounded by beautiful parkland and during August we have been exploring the country estates on the fringes of the city. For our last August walk, we ventured further down the Avon and explored the village of Shirehampton and the Kings Weston Estate. Before the M5 was built the Shirehampton…

  • Ashton Court Estate A walk in the park

    Ashton Court Estate A walk in the park

    The historic 850 acre Ashton Court Estate is a firm favourite with Bristolians. It is just 10 minutes from the centre of Bristol and is a marvellous place to relax or enjoy woodland walks, golf or mountain biking.  Nature lovers can watch herds of red and fallow deer, spot the large oak trees, rare beetles…

  • The Stoke Park Estate Bristol

    The Stoke Park Estate Bristol

    While the country was in lockdown, I was able to spend time exploring the Stoke Park Estate which is within walking distance of my house. The familiar yellow castle which I can see from my bedroom window is one of Bristol’s most familiar landmarks. If you look to the left, you can see it from the…

  • Frome riverside walkway

    Frome riverside walkway

    The Frome valley riverside walkway forms a green corridor from the Bristol harbourside for about twenty miles to the source of the river Frome in Dodington Park near Chipping Sodbury on the edge of the Cotswolds. Last week our walking group covered the first five miles from the centre of the city  east through the…

  • The Bristol Blitz A walk in the past

      I was a child of the baby boom generation born just after the war.  Growing up I remember large bomb sites in the centre of Bristol in particular the area around Castle Park which was covered with grass and purple buddleia.  My husband who is older than me can even remember going into air…