This brings you back to the promenade which you follow past the Duke of Cornwall pub on the right. You now continue on this raised bank which soon joins a hedge to the left, which runs parallel to the track.

Once over the road turn right and then take the first road on the left, (West Town Road).

If coming from Bristol, follow the edge of the roundabout and cross the on-slip of the M48 with care. On 6 July 2001 the contractors (Costain and Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge) appeared in Bristol Crown Court for breaches of Section 3(i) of the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act. The main span is 538 ft long, and the bridge is 4,554 ft long, with an air draught above mean high water Soon you pass under the railway line (this part is used) and follow the path down into Avon Road. To continue the walk keep south along the road.

You now keep to this path for around 1.5 miles.

There is a more scenic route I could take if I wanted to. This soon comes to a surfaced path, Marine Parade, which you continue along.By the flood gate and boat club you could turn left and follow this slipway if the tide is low but be aware that if the tide is high it may be flooded (and even if not, is likely to be muddy as a result of the flooding that does occur). Shortly you come to an odd level crossing, odd because although the lights on the road still exist it appears that the railway does not (at least not on the left side of the road).

After eating, I continue along the path as it winds through Lamplighter’s Marsh, following the bank of the river. It was to escape this bleak crossing that I walked all the way down to the Clifton Bridge. Click each photo for a larger version and description.Ordnance Survey Explorer 154 (Bristol West & Portishead) covers this part of the coast. If you have diverted off the main path, head back inland here to re-join the main path. To get to the bus stop continue on the road beside the green on your left. image above: An unusual view of the M5 bridge at Avonmouth. Keep to this main road as it rises to cross over the railway line. Continue with the main road as it now turns to the right along Smoke Lane. At the roundabout ahead turn right still on McLaren Road past the church on the left.

26 million passenger rail journeys were made in 2018-19 within the Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath region.Wards are periodically redrawn on arithmetical grounds to avoid 1991 census data; 2001 data not readily separable from Avonmouth. You are soon back in countryside but now with the railway running alongside to your left. Around mid-way through this industrial area you pass St Andrews Road station which is just off to the right.You could end the walk here if youv'e had enough but a word of warning is that the trains are not frequent and stop only by request.

This had been dismantled and half the bridge converted to a footpath. Cross this road and you should see the pavement on the other side of the road. ��^ ���챻�̋5���8�e,� EI��ǻ_NI��s�K*` To get onto the Avonmouth bridge, take the B road left at the motorway roundabout, then it's on your right. However, the Avonmouth Hotel adjacent to the original station remained open. This is the centre of Pill and there are a few seats on the grass from which you can enjoy the view. p p Although the traffic thunders past here, as the motorway is 4 lanes in each direction, you are segregated from the motorway by solid metal barriers. As you continue you soon come to more housing on the left, now part of the village of Severn Beach. Where do i get onto the cyclepath lane for the bridge? Continue until you come to a pipe-line going out to sea. It also has a separate footpath and cycleway which connects with Avonmouth station.

From the car park walk along the road to the entrance to the car park . It also has a separate footpath and cycleway. You soon pass a little jetty on the right which marks where there used to be a ferry for rail passengers, before the Severn Tunnel opened. This was once a busy road leading to the ferry prior to the M4, but is now a quiet road with little traffic. And at the end of my river diversion.

The path crossed the Pill foreshore, an important area for birds: it is, like much of the estuary, designated a Ramsar site and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Soon you round the corner and the road ahead is arrow straight and not a particularly appealing sight, running through the Severnside Trading estate.

It also has a separate footpath and cycleway which connects with Avonmouth station. To continue the walk, keep to this road, Portview Road until you reach the A4 portway dual carriageway which passes under the M5 Avonmouth bridge here. This will stop on the roundabout at the junction for the Aust Services (it does not go into the services itself). At the end fork right into Pill Street to go past the bollards and onto the main road, Heywood Road.