By Richard Ford posted on 29 Apr 2017 in Urban
Derelict red-brick industrial warehouse with boarded/broken windows, corrugated extension, metal fencing and puddles reflecting the building on a muddy yard.

Red Brick Building

Avonmouth. BS11. A guest post by Richard Ford

Despite being a Bristol boy my entire life I’ve never had any real reason to visit the Avonmouth area, even though I live only a stones throw away, so I finally made the effort and visited in March this year.

Avonmouth is a port and outer suburb of Bristol. It is located at the mouth of the River Avon. Any Bristolian over the age of forty will be able to tell you about the plumes of yellow smoke that used to drift up the estuary from the work’s chimney. Thankfully the chimney disappeared a long time ago, but other remnants of the area’s industrial past are still very much in evidence.

These photos are the result of a couple of hours wandering the back streets.

Semi-detached houses beside a grassy verge under a large elevated motorway bridge, with a small yellow car on the road and electricity pylons in the distance.

Living in the Shadow of the Bridge

Quiet suburban street lined with semi-detached houses, trimmed hedges and parked cars beneath a pale blue sky.

Red Bricks and Box Hedges

Classic car draped in a grey cover, parked on a residential street outside a brick house with a 'for sale' sign; disabled parking marking visible on the road.

Hidden Beauty

Minimal street scene: grey building with a bright red door, a black traffic-light pole and its shadow on the wall.

Little Red Door

Black-and-white photo under a concrete motorway bridge: graffiti-tagged pillars, a low metal bench on gravel and bare trees beyond.

Underneath the Avonmouth Bridge

Black-and-white photo of a narrow paved alley beside a concrete industrial building and tall metal fence, with overgrown weeds.

H.M Customs Building

White high‑rise flats tower behind single‑storey houses on a sunlit suburban street with parked cars and a clear blue sky.

Tower block and bungalows

Single-storey suburban bungalow with pale brick, a satellite dish and a discarded mattress on the front lawn under a clear blue sky.

Outdoor Living

Empty outdoor seating area with wooden picnic benches beneath a large red parasol, white brick walls and a palm tree in a quiet urban courtyard.

The tropics come to Avonmouth

Empty petrol station canopy and fenced-off forecourt with bright blue hoarding in front of a brick building on a sunny day.

At the car wash

Victorian corner hotel with cream and orange brickwork, white classical columns, bay windows and decorative cornices, standing on a quiet street corner beneath a pale sky.

The Royal Hotel

A discarded Christmas tree lies in a narrow alley between brick walls and industrial buildings under a pale sky.

Discarded Christmas Tree

Rear alley of terraced houses with a weathered blue garage door, wheelie bins and discarded furniture beside pebble-dash and brick walls.

A load of Rubbish

Empty road beside an industrial complex with tall orange silos and a gantry; warehouse buildings and leafless trees under an overcast sky, roadworks cones visible.
Semi-detached houses and gardens beneath an elevated motorway bridge, with lampposts and a clear blue sky.

Avonmouth

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