![Red Brick Building](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/BrickWorkshop.width-1980.jpg)
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.
![Living in the Shadow of the Bridge](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/AvonmouthBridge.width-1980.jpg)
Living in the Shadow of the Bridge
![Red Bricks and Box Hedges](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/BoxHedges.width-1980.jpg)
Red Bricks and Box Hedges
![Hidden Beauty](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/AmericanCar.width-1980.jpg)
Hidden Beauty
![Little Red Door](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/LittleRedDoor.width-1980.jpg)
Little Red Door
![Underneath the Avonmouth Bridge](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/BridgeSupports.width-1980.jpg)
Underneath the Avonmouth Bridge
![H.M Customs Building](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/HMCustoms.width-1980.jpg)
H.M Customs Building
![Tower block and bungalows](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/tower2.width-1980.jpg)
Tower block and bungalows
![Outdoor Living](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/outdoorliving.width-1980.jpg)
Outdoor Living
![The tropics come to avonmouth](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/tropicsnew.width-1980.jpg)
The tropics come to avonmouth
![At the car wash](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/carwash.width-1980.jpg)
At the car wash
![The Royal Hotel](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/hotelnew.width-1980.jpg)
The Royal Hotel
![Discarded Christmas Tree](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/xmastree-2.width-1980.jpg)
Discarded Christmas Tree
![A load of Rubbish](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/rubbishnew.width-1980.jpg)
A load of Rubbish
![Silo](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/Silo.max-1218x812.jpg)
![View of Avonmouth Bridge from below](https://ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/gidsey/prod/media/images/HouseandBridge-1.max-812x1218.jpg)
Avonmouth