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Distance Distance from start from previous bridge 1 Bristol Bridge 0km 2 St Philip’s Bridge 0.4km 400m 3 Castle Ditch Bridge 0.6km 200m 4 Temple Bridge 1.0km 400m 5 Valentine’s Bridge 1.3km 300m 6 Meads Reach Bridge 1.5km 200m 7 Bath Bridge (West) 2.2km 700m 8 Bath Bridge (East) 2.4km 200m 9 Brock’s Bridge 2.8km 400m 10 St Philip’s Footbridge 3.0km 200m 11 Temple Meads Relief Line Bridge 3.2km 200m 12 Sparke Evans Park Bridge 4.7km 1.5km 13 St Philips Causeway Bridge (East) 5.0km 300m 14 St Philips Causeway Bridge (West) 5.4km 400m 15 Barton Hill Bridge 6.6km 1.2km 16 Netham Lock Bridge (East) 7.1km 500m 17 New Brislington Bridge 7.2km 100m 18 St Anne’s Footbridge 7.8km 600m 19 Netham Lock Bridge (West) 8.4km 600m 20 Feeder Road Footbridge 9.4km 1km 21 Marsh Bridge 10.1km 700m 22 Totterdown Bridge 10.9km 800m 23 Langton St Bridge (Banana Bridge) 12.4km 1.5km 24 Bedminster Bridge (East) 12.8km 400m 25 Bedminster Bridge (West) 12.9km 100m 26 Bathurst Basin Footbridge 13.3km 400m 27 Bathurst Basin Roadbridge (East) 13.5km 200m 28 Bathurst Basin Roadbridge (West) 13.6km 100m 29 Gaol Ferry Bridge 13.9km 300m 30 Vauxhall Bridge 14.8km 900m 31 Ashton Avenue Bridge 15.5km 700m 32 Avon Bridge 15.8km 300m 33 South Entrance Lock Bridge 16.0km 200m 34 South Entrance Lock Walkway 16.2km 200m 35 Plimsoll Bridge 16.3km 100m 36 Clifton Suspension Bridge 17.3km 1km 37 Avonmouth Road Bridge 27.1km 9.8km 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 43 Pero’s Bridge 43.2km 200m 44 Redcliffe Bridge 44.0km 800m 45 Castle Bridge 44.9km 900m 1 Bristol Bridge 45.2km 300m A shle y R oa d A shle y R oa d P e m brok e Roa d P e m brok e Roa d W h i te h a ll R o a d W h i te h a ll R o a d N o r t h S t re e t N o r t h S t re e t E a s t on W a y E a s t on W a y S a int Phi lip s C a useway S a int Phi lip s C a useway Westbury Road Westbury Road S ta p l e to n R oa d S ta p l e to n R oa d F is h po n d s R o a d F is h po n d s R o a d W hi t e l a d ie s R oad W hi t e l a d ie s R oad C h u r ch R oa d C h u r ch R oa d C lift o n D o w n C lift o n D o w n Quaker�s Friars Quaker�s Friars Clifton Clifton Eastville Eastville Redcliffe Redcliffe St Werburgh�s St Werburgh�s Redland Redland Hotwells Hotwells Old Market Old Market St Andrew�s St Andrew�s St Jude�s St Jude�s Cotham Cotham Redfield Redfield Southville Southville Barton Hill Barton Hill St Philip�s Marsh St Philip�s Marsh St Paul�s St Paul�s Clifton Village Clifton Village Canon�s Marsh Canon�s Marsh Montpelier Montpelier Easton Easton �� � � � � � � � � �� � �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� H Next page 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 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 distances between each one. The walk is a circular one of 45km (28 miles) and takes 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 where you started. Detailed instructions and a gpx file can be downloaded from the Facebook Group The Bristol Bridges Walk Challenge, where you can also find news and updates about the route and you can post and share your own photos and experiences. The companion handbook can be ordered from the Bristol Books website or purchased from the bookshops listed on the next page. If you complete the whole walk, you can get the badge! More details on all these matters can be found on the Facebook page. This digital map can be zoomed to show more detail. Crossing each one only once Copyright Jeff Lucas/Bristol Books 2019
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THE BRISTOL BRIDGES WALK
The bridges that make up the walk are listed in the table on the left, together with the distances between each one. The walk is a circular one of 45km (28 miles). It doesn’t matter which bridge you start at, or which direction you go in, the walk will bring you back to where you started.
Distance Distance from start from previous
bridge1 Bristol Bridge 0km2 St Philip’s Bridge 0.4km 400m3 Castle Ditch Bridge 0.6km 200m4 Temple Bridge 1.0km 400m5 Valentine’s Bridge 1.3km 300m6 Meads Reach Bridge 1.5km 200m7 Bath Bridge (West) 2.2km 700m8 Bath Bridge (East) 2.4km 200m9 Brock’s Bridge 2.8km 400m10 St Philip’s Footbridge 3.0km 200m11 Temple Meads Relief Line Bridge 3.2km 200m12 Sparke Evans Park Bridge 4.7km 1.5km13 St Philips Causeway Bridge (East) 5.0km 300m14 St Philips Causeway Bridge (West) 5.4km 400m15 Barton Hill Bridge 6.6km 1.2km16 Netham Lock Bridge (East) 7.1km 500m17 New Brislington Bridge 7.2km 100m18 St Anne’s Footbridge 7.8km 600m19 Netham Lock Bridge (West) 8.4km 600m20 Feeder Road Footbridge 9.4km 1km21 Marsh Bridge 10.1km 700m22 Totterdown Bridge 10.9km 800m23 Langton St Bridge (Banana Bridge) 12.4km 1.5km24 Bedminster Bridge (East) 12.8km 400m25 Bedminster Bridge (West) 12.9km 100m26 Bathurst Basin Footbridge 13.3km 400m27 Bathurst Basin Roadbridge (East) 13.5km 200m28 Bathurst Basin Roadbridge (West) 13.6km 100m29 Gaol Ferry Bridge 13.9km 300m30 Vauxhall Bridge 14.8km 900m31 Ashton Avenue Bridge 15.5km 700m32 Avon Bridge 15.8km 300m33 South Entrance Lock Bridge 16.0km 200m34 South Entrance Lock Walkway 16.2km 200m35 Plimsoll Bridge 16.3km 100m36 Clifton Suspension Bridge 17.3km 1km37 Avonmouth Road Bridge 27.1km 9.8km38 Portway Viaduct 34.1km 7km39 Poole’s Wharf Bridge 40.8km 6.7km40 North Junction Lock Bridge 40.9km 100m41 South Junction Lock Bridge 41.0km 100m42 Prince Street Bridge 43.0km 2km43 Pero’s Bridge 43.2km 200m44 Redcliffe Bridge 44.0km 800m45 Castle Bridge 44.9km 900m1 Bristol Bridge 45.2km 300m
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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
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 distances between each one. The walk is a circular one of 45km (28 miles) and takes 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 where you started. Detailed instructions and a gpx file can be downloaded from the Facebook Group The Bristol Bridges Walk Challenge, where you can also find news and updates about the route and you can post and share your own photos and experiences. The companion handbook can be ordered from the Bristol Books website or purchased from the bookshops listed on the next page. If you complete the whole walk, you can get the badge! More details on all these matters can be found on the Facebook page. This digital map can be zoomed to show more detail.Crossing each one only once
Copyright Jeff Lucas/Bristol Books 2019
FROM BRYCGSTOW TO BRISTOL IN 45 BRIDGES COPYRIGHT: JEFF LUCAS / BRISTOL BOOKS 2019
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Published by Bristol Books 2019 Extract from the book “From Brycgstow to Bristol in 45 Bridges” by Jeff Lucas and Thilo Gross
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Each one of Bristol’s bridges has a fascinating story which is woven intimately into the 1000year history of the city. Why was it built? What was involved in its design, engineering and construction? What dramatic events sometimes swirled around and perhaps on it? In this book Jeff Lucas tells the story of each of the 45 bridges which span the main waterways of Bristol between Avonmouth and St Anne’s and which can be crossed on foot.
“From Brycgstow to Bristol in 45 Bridges” will be available at the end of June from the following bookshops:
(TO BE CONFIRMED )
M Shed Bristol Tourist Informaton Office E Shed Canons Rd Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre Central Art Gallery Shop SS Great Britain Shop Stanfords Corn Street Waterstones Union Galleries Broadmead
It can also be ordered directly from the author (post free) :Email [email protected] from the Bristol Books Website (post free).
Illustrated with Jeff’s own revealing photography, this book will open up new ways of looking at these often beautiful structures that we usually take for granted. The bridges are linked into a 45km. circular walk that 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 an intriguing mathematical puzzle called the “Königsberg Bridge Problem”: how to walk around a given set of bridges crossing each one only once. The problem has been solved 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.
