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View towards the Bristol suburb of Kingswood.
©Anthony O'Neil
They did up to about 1860. All that remains of a horse-drawn dramway (correct spelling) linking the mines of Coalpit Heath with a wharf on the River Avon east of Hanham Mills. It also served places between. Closed when the steam railway out of Bristol and Bath arrived. A gentleman I met there told me there is a small museum a few hundred yards north of this spot devoted to local history. Must get there. "The local colliery owners were always unhappy about road transport and by the 1820s demand for coal in the glass, sugar and soap industries of Bristol made a better transport link essential." The above was copied from: http://www.radisol.co.uk/districtweb/main-site/dramway-info.htm where there is much more.
©Maurice Pullin
The bridge shown carries a public footpath and cycleway linking the eastern suburbs of Bristol with Siston Common.
©Ruth Riddle
Dist:0.1km<br/>A4174 Avon Ring Road near Carsons road roundabout, under construction. [[1550800]] shows the completed road.
©Andy Stone
Dist:0.1km<br/>This part of the B4175 has been converted to a cycleway, much of the remainder has been upgraded to an A road. This is part of Bristol's Green Belt.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.2km<br/>A4174 Avon Ring Road, under construction. [[1550764]] Shows road completed.
©Andy Stone
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking north. The route between here and Shortwood was built on a closed railway line. The road to the left is signposted to Soundwell and New Cheltenham, it also goes to Staple Hill. Leave to the right for Siston and Webbs Heath.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>Taken from an overbridge which once carried a minor road, now closed. This is part of the north and east Bristol bypass, perhaps to become an outer ring road one day.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>Nearly at the point where east Bristol's sprawling housing estates become open countryside. (Officially this is Gloucestershire, the Bristol boundary is about a mile west of here.) The roundabout to the right is at the eastern end of Cheltenham Road which gives way to Fisher Road on the other side.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>Heading north toward Station Road and the Avon Ring Road.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>The eastern end, that is. New Cheltenham gives way to Siston Common on the other side of the roundabout as Cheltenham Road becomes Fisher Road. Anchor Road is to the left and Tenniscourt Road to the right. Both of these roads were named after public houses (or vice versa).
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>Tree felling Siston Common
©T N Pugh
Dist:0.4km<br/>Leads to the A420 near the bottom of Warmley Hill.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>Well, for the time being anyway. Was unsure if they were still open but they are on a real ale website. "250-year old two-bar pub, rumoured to have a residential ghost. Name came from coal miners who thought they would be 'made forever' financially. Bass direct from the cellar in summer." The above was copied from:http://www.cauchy.demon.co.uk/raig/guide/ZKINGSWO.HTM
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>Kingswood Fire Station, Tenniscourt Road, Bristol is station number 10 of Avon Fire & Rescue Service
©Kevin Hale

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