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Water power!
B&NES must really learn to coordinate things amongst departments within the authority. The following press release was ’embargoed’ until l am today (Thursday, March 17th) and l have stuck to that...
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Festival of Nature set to make waves with River Avon theme for 2016
The Bristol to Bath Festival of Nature is taking to the water this summer, offering wildlife-lovers of all ages the chance to go on a wild adventure along the River Avon. This is the first time in its...
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New traffic system going ‘live’ on May 16th
A new two-way traffic system around Avon Street car park will go live this month in the latest major milestone for the Bath Quays Waterside flood mitigation scheme. From Monday, 16 May, traffic...
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Boater Survey 2016
Got the following email – which l pass on to you? “Please find below a link to the Boater Survey 2016 – if you are a live-aboard boater in the Bath & North East Somerset area please take part in...
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River-themed events for Festival of Nature
The UK’s largest free celebration of the natural world arrives in Bath from 14th June, closing with a family-friendly celebration, marking the grand finale of a wild adventure along the River Avon in...
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Bath’s garden bridge?
Having spent 3.4 million pounds dismantling and remaking Mr James Dredge’s remarkable Victoria suspension bridge in Bath – l think a little weeding wouldn’t go amiss. I love buddleia – it’s great...
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Time to take Bath back.
It’s good to be able to cycle along the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath again after grant money has been spent on improving the surface between the George Inn at Bathampton and the first tunnel into...
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New Destructor bridge still not completely ‘docked’.
My thanks to Chris Rogers for two lovely shots of the new Destructor Bridge which finally spans the River Avon down at Western Riverside, as part of the new Crest Nicholson Development. The new...
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New Destructor bridge now in place!
Seems the new Destructor Bridge – linking Western Riverside with the Upper Bristol Road – has now been lowered into place and is being secured. Finally – the new bridge is spanning the River Avon. This...
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Riverbank gives up more secrets
Bath Newseum has made its final trip to the rescue archaeology underway beside the River Avon at Broad Quay in Bath – an area due to be reshaped as part of a flood alleviation programme and also opened...
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Putting the Mill on stream.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is investing in a new hydro-electric community-owned energy project on the River Avon. The Council is making a loan to the Old Mill Community Hydro project...
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New future for Newark Works?
While Bath Newseum has been following the archaeology that has been undertaken on the south side of the River Avon – near Churchill Bridge – where flood alleviation work involves reshaping the...
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More tales from the river bank.
A packed public meeting at the BRSLI in Queen Square this week to hear Cai Mason of Wessex Archaeology talk about discoveries made during rescue work along the north bank of the River Avon near...
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Bridge work at Sainsburys.
The curved roof has now been removed from the pedestrian bridge which gives access across the River Avon to Sainsbury’s Green Park Station site. The curved canopy has now been removed. The bridge is...
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New trees for riverbank.
Having had to fell quite a large number of mature specimens when work began, the new ‘Bath Quays Riverside Park’ has welcomed the first arrival of a collection of new trees that will result in a wider...
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The ‘forgotten’ Bath bridge.
Plenty of new tree planting underway down at the newly named ‘Bath Quays’ site where a ‘re-defining’ of the river bank – as part of a scheme to reduce the risk of flooding – has created the opportunity...
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Bath’s canal illuminations.
Here’s the sort of amazing lighting effect you can capture if you happen to be in this Kennet and Avon Canal road-bearing tunnel, out of Sydney Gardens, at the right time on a sunny day. Natural...
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Sunshine, water & cycles!
We’ll get to the water in a moment, but first let’s talk bikes. What is it with the cycle hoops outside Bath’s Guildhall. Do the two bolts holding them in place snap or work free? We seem to have lost...
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A bridge of signs.
Sainsbury’s at Green Park have remodelled the pedestrian walkway across the River Avon onto their supermarket site. The remodelled pedestrian bridge. The tatty curved cover has been removed and the...
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Green shoots from Sainsbury’s
Seems to be a Sainsbury’s week – with apologies to all the other supermarkets in Bath – but the Green Park sited store has been in the spotlight for two reasons. The man in the orange jacket is...
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