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©Anthony O'Neil
Dist:0.2km<br/>Line the A369 from Bristol to Portishead, near Pill.
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is the main road out from Abbots Leigh towards Pill the A369. The bungalows are on the north side of the road and the traffic is heading towards Bristol
©Nigel Mykura
Dist:0.8km<br/>A very narrow lane with limited turning places.
©Anthony O'Neil
Dist:0.8km<br/>Looking south west towards the village of Abbots Leigh
©Martin Bodman
Dist:0.8km<br/>At the head of a path leading to the river Avon. On a National Trust estate. The grounds at Paradise Bottom were reputedly laid out by Humphry Repton. The interpretation board seen here carries a large scale map of the estate
©Martin Bodman
Dist:0.9km<br/>A narrow-gauge winch-operated inclined railway ran down from this location to Miles Dock and was probably active in the period 1885-1912. It does not appear on any Ordnance Survey map. The railway carried locally quarried Celestine (Strontium Sulphate) for export. Celestine is or was used in fireworks. The incline may have been built much earlier to bring stone - possibly via another incline near Bath - for the construction of Leigh Court for William Miles. See also http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/22/Paradise.htm
©Martin Bodman
Dist:1.0km north<br/>This halt was mainly built to serve the nearby hospital. The line is still open to serve Portbury Docks
©John Thorn
Dist:1.0km south<br/>This lake in Fish Pond Wood once provided fish for the divines of Bristol Cathedral.
©Graeme Churchard
Dist:1.0km east<br/>See [[2674643]] for details. This was once a narrow-gauge railway incline, carrying Celestine from quarries near Leigh Court to Miles Dock by the river Avon. It was in use in the late nineteenth century and was closed in 1912. It does not appear on any Ordnance Survey map. The route is now a public footpath within the National Trust's Leigh Woods estate
©Martin Bodman
Dist:1.0km east<br/>
©ChurchCrawler
Dist:1.0km east<br/>See [[2674643]] for more information. The old route, once used to transport Celestine, is now a path within the National Trust's Leigh Woods estate and leads to Miles Dock and the river Avon. The ground falls away steeply on the right, to Paradise Bottom
©Martin Bodman
Dist:1.1km southeast<br/>At one time the home of the Frys, of chocolate fame.
©John Lord
Dist:1.1km east<br/>
©John Lord
Dist:1.1km southeast<br/>The Priory was built in 1831 by the George family and was later occupied by the Fry's chocolate family. In 1901 Roderick Fry rented the house along with 26 acres of land for £162 per annum. It is stone built in the tudor gothic style with a high degree of ornamentation. This is the rear of the building with the very elaborate perpendicular style conservatory showing clearly on the left with the main house on the right.
©Nigel Mykura

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