BRISTOL - Day-to-day scenes of the West Country's Capital; views, people, traffic, architecture, weather and more!

Bristol Mike · September 1st, 2007, 11:55 PM

Having started this thread in the Cityscapes and Skylines Photography Section of this site, and seeing El Greco's worful collection of pictures of tis city - I thought it would be best to move my thread to this part of the site.

I have posted pictures of Bristol day after day since 9th August 2007 so here are some links to the first few pages of the thread:

Page 1: Thursday 9th - Tuesday 14th August

Page 2: Wednesday 15th - Sunday 19th August

Page 3: Monday 20th - Friday 31st August

PICTURE OF THE WEEK:

Bristol Mike · September 2nd, 2007, 12:34 AM

SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER

21C / 70F

Bristol Mike · September 2nd, 2007, 07:19 PM

SUNDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER

20C / 68F

View 1: Looking southeast from Trenchard Street towards Bistol Cathedral

View 2: Looking east at Colston Tower and 1 Redcliffe Street

View 3: Look east-southeast at the Bristol & West Tower

View 4: Looking down at Denmark Street

View 5: The Red Lodge Museum

View 6: Looking north over Bristol's Skyline

View 7: Looking northeast over toward Broadmead Shopping Centre

View 8: Looking northeast toward Broadmead with Colston Tower (left)

View 9: Looking southeast at the Bristol & West Tower

View 10: Looking east over the City Centre

The University Buildings

Businessmen on St. Augustine's Parade

The University Buildings

Tobermory House

Upper Maudlin Street

Recent Apartments, Upper Maudlin Street

Pedestrians, St. James Barton Roundabout

Traffic, M32

Heavy Traffic, Temple Way

Bond Street

Corn Street

St. Nicholas' Church, Corn Street

Castle Park

The Grand Thistle Hotel, Broad Street

Bristol Guildhall, Broad Street

The Lord Nelson Church, Nelson Street

The North Alcove, Nelson Street

Shop Facades, St. Augustine's Parade

Denmark Street

St. Augustine's Parade

Colston Tower, St. Augustine's Parade

The Marriot Hotel, Park Street

The Gatehouse, College Green

Shop Fronts, Baldwin Street

The Old Fish Market, Baldwin Street

Facades, Baldwin Street

Park Street

Broad Quay House Plaque 1

Broad Quay House Plaque 2

Broad Quay House Plaque 3

Broad Quay House Plaque 4

Bristol Mike · September 3rd, 2007, 06:46 PM

MONDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER

21C / 70F

Temple Meads Station

Rajmoni Restuarant (foreground) & Royal Victoria Rooms (behind), Queens Road

Queens Road

Georgian Terraces, Clifton Road

Clifton Road

St. Andrew's Walkway, Clifton Road

Georgian Terraces, Victoria Square

Victoria Square

Victorian Terraces, Victoria Square

The Archway, Victoria Square

The Archway, Boyce's Avenue

Boyce's Avenue

Clifton Arcade, Boyce's Avenue

Old and New, Clifton Down Road

Boston Tea Party (previously Madison Coffee), Clifton Down Road

Waterloo Street

Zizzi Café, Princess Victoria Street

Caledonia Place

Clifton Natwest Bank, Caledonia Place

An Underground Café, Mall

Terraces, West Mall

Roman Architecture on Mall

Shops and Cafés, Mall

Terraces, West Mall

Balconies, Sion Hill

Sainsbury's, Whiteladies Road

The Cresent, Rodney Place

Christ Church, Clifton Down Road

Clifton Heights, The Triangle

Old and New, Merchant's Road

Recent Apartments Developement, Merchant's Road

Beaufort Road

Clifton Lawn Tennis Club

Apartments, Beaufort Road

A Victorian House, Beaufort Road

ranny fash · September 4th, 2007, 03:25 PM

cheers michael. need to take a trip down there some time

Bristol Mike · September 4th, 2007, 10:45 PM

TUESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER

23C / 74F

Cabot Tower

View south to Cannon's Marsh

Brandon Hill Park

View southwest over the Harbour

View southwest

View west

View west-north-west over Clifton

Brandon Hill Park

View northwest

Looking down at the Clifton Triangle

View north toward Bristol University

The Wills Memorial Tower

Bristol University

View northeast over the City Centre

The City Centre

The IMAX Theatre, Millenium Square

Cathedral Walk

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cheers michael. need to take a trip down there some time

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the pics.

up the tigers · September 5th, 2007, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Bristol Mike

Recent Apartments Developement, Merchant's Road

Really like this, It seems to fit in really well. There seems to be some really nice areas in the city centre with some impressive buildings although the skyline does seem rather infested with 60s office buildngs

Bristol Mike · September 5th, 2007, 10:15 PM

WEDNESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER

23C / 74F

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Really like this, It seems to fit in really well. There seems to be some really nice areas in the city centre with some impressive buildings although the skyline does seem rather infested with 60s office buildngs.

Thanks, I think despite the age of buildings and architecture around it, it does fit in though I would agree about the 60s skyline. The buildings are all in the right place...they're just not the right kind of buildings. Take care.

***gothicform*** · September 6th, 2007, 02:05 AM

bristol looks really nice in places... pity they ruined it with those damn tower blocks

some nice pics there anyway

clarky · September 6th, 2007, 09:50 PM

Fantastic photos Bristol Mike
Bristol should of been named European capital of culture.

Bristol Mike · September 7th, 2007, 10:54 PM

FRIDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER

24C / 75F

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bristol looks really nice in places... pity they ruined it with those damn tower blocks some nice pics there anyway

Thanks - I agree. I guess that's one way of looking at it but like all British Tower Blocks, in all fairness, they were built with good intentions. I think if there were maybe a few more or none at all, the ones that were there wouldn't stick out so much but there aren't...so...oh well

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Fantastic photos Bristol Mike
Bristol should of been named European capital of culture.

Thank you. I also agree with your statement. I think it won an award for something or other quite recently...I just can't remember which!

Bristol Mike · September 8th, 2007, 10:03 PM

SATURDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER

25C / 77F

The Balmoral, Floating Harbour

The Bristol Industrial Museum, Phoenix Wharf

Hotwells, S.S. Great Britain and the Mathew from Phoenix Wharf

Cabot Tower from Phoenix Wharf

Derelict Warehouses, Cumberland Road

Baltic Wharf

A Rundown Car Garage, Cumberland Road

Hotwells and Baltic Wharf

Hotwells Promenade from Baltic Wharf

Any Industrial City View, Spyke Island

Hotwells from Spyke Island

Hotwells (below) and Clifton (above) from Spyke Island

Nova Scotia

The Locks, Cumberland Basin

Swing Bridge, Cumberland Basin

River Avon from Cumberland Basin

Hotwells Polish Church, Granby Hill

Nova Scotia

Under-the-Bridge Graffiti, Cumberland Basin

Bristol Industrial Museum and Arnolfini, Phoenix Wharf

Corn Street

Edward Everard, Broad Street

Assize Courts, Broad Street

Facade, Corn Street

Bristol Backpackers, St. Stephen's Avenue

Roman Classical Architecture, Colston's Avenue

The Old Police Station, Fairfax Street

Fairfax Street

Late Evening Buildings, St. Augustine's Parade

The Council House, Park Street

Bristol Industrial Museum, Phoenix Wharf

Phoenix Wharf

S.S. Great Britain from Hotwells Road

Bristol Mike · September 9th, 2007, 07:29 PM

SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER

24C / 75F

A Deserted Lewins Mead

St. Augustine's Parade

Colston Tower, St. Augustine's Parade

St. Augustine's Parade from Corn Street

Baldwin Street

Welsh Back

The High Street

Waverley House and the Brigstowe Hotel, Welsh Back

One, Redcliff Street

Redcliff Street

Welsh Back

Discovery House & One Redcliff Street, Redcliff Street

Welsh Back from Redcliff Street

Buchanon's Wharf

Welsh Back

Queen Charlotte Street

Georgian Architecture, King Street

Queen's Square

St. Augustine's Parade

Lewins Mead

Bridewell House, Lewins Mead

Rupert Street

The Travel Inn, Haymarket

Eugene Street

Apartments, Eugene Street

Bristol Mike · September 10th, 2007, 08:04 PM

MONDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER

23C / 73F

Bristol Bus Station

Lewin's Mead

Corn Street

Bristol & West Developement, St. Augustine's Parade

Two Architecture Generations, St. Stephen's Avenue

Corn Street

Stamford's, Corn Street

31, Corn Street

The Bristol Thistle Hotel, Broad Street

Rostrup Street

60's Brutalist Architecture, Lewin's Mead

St. James Barton Roundabout

The Travel Inn, St. James Barton Roundabout

St. James Barton Roundabout

The Subway, St. James Barton Roundabout

Subway, Bond Street

Recent Apartments, Marlborough Street

Park Row

The Bristol Children's Hospital, Upper Maudlin Street

Zero Degrees, Colston Hill

Scaffolding on old Terraces, Trenchard Street

Colston Tower, Colston Hill

The Colston Hall, Colston Hill

Colston Hill

Jane Street

The Griffin Pub, Colston Hill

The Bristol Children's Hospital, Upper Maudlin Street

The Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street

The BRI, George VI Building, Upper Maudlin Sreet

The White Lion Inn, Deep Street

Rupert Street

St. James Barton Roundabout

Traffic, M32

Traffic, Temple Way

New Broadmead Construction, Temple Way

The Temple Meads Bridge

Junction 3 Bridge, Coronation Road

Bristol Mike · September 11th, 2007, 10:56 PM

TUESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER

23C / 73F

Schmeek · September 11th, 2007, 11:29 PM

Nice shot Mikey keep em coming

Bachy Soletanche · September 13th, 2007, 06:37 PM

have some more by me!

Btw has anyone got any pics of the new Student accomodation opposite that big concreate/brutalist tower thingy?

Bristol Mike · September 14th, 2007, 07:47 PM

FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER

21C / 70F

Time to comtinue posting pictures. Had an accident with m left hand on Wednesday s that's the reason for no pictures since Tuesday. Anyways - here is today.

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Nice shot Mikey keep em coming

Thanks, Schmeek - will do!

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have some more by me!
Btw has anyone got any pics of the new Student accomodation opposite that big concreate/brutalist tower thingy?

Thankyou Stephen - nice pictures. I'm not exactly sure which Brutalist tower you mean as there seems to be brutalist towers all over Bristol. However, if you an give another description, I'd be happy to go and get some pics of it.

Bachy Soletanche · September 14th, 2007, 08:34 PM

But none more Brutalist or towerlly than:

[Dramatic Music]

ta-da!

Irish Blood English Heart · September 17th, 2007, 12:20 AM

Looks like a really metropolitan and major city, I'll have to pay it a proper visit sometime. How big does it feel say compared to a Newcastle, Leeds or Manchester to those who've been?

September 1st, 2007, 11:55 PM	#1
Bristol Mike Rain + Cold = England Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4,071 Likes (Received): 250	BRISTOL - Day-to-day scenes of the West Country's Capital; views, people, traffic, architecture, weather and more! Having started this thread in the Cityscapes and Skylines Photography Section of this site, and seeing El Greco's worful collection of pictures of tis city - I thought it would be best to move my thread to this part of the site. I have posted pictures of Bristol day after day since 9th August 2007 so here are some links to the first few pages of the thread: Page 1: Thursday 9th - Tuesday 14th August Page 2: Wednesday 15th - Sunday 19th August Page 3: Monday 20th - Friday 31st August PICTURE OF THE WEEK: __________________ Ongoing Photo Threads: MADRID - YEAR ABROAD Recent/New Photo Threads: BURGOS, ARANJUEZ, SEGOVIA, CARDIFF, LONDON More Photo Threads Here Last edited by Bristol Mike; September 9th, 2007 at 07:37 PM.

September 2nd, 2007, 12:34 AM	#2
Bristol Mike Rain + Cold = England Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4,071 Likes (Received): 250	The First Day of Autumn SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 21C / 70F __________________ Ongoing Photo Threads: MADRID - YEAR ABROAD Recent/New Photo Threads: BURGOS, ARANJUEZ, SEGOVIA, CARDIFF, LONDON More Photo Threads Here

September 2nd, 2007, 07:19 PM	#3
Bristol Mike Rain + Cold = England Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4,071 Likes (Received): 250	SUNDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 20C / 68F View 1: Looking southeast from Trenchard Street towards Bistol Cathedral View 2: Looking east at Colston Tower and 1 Redcliffe Street View 3: Look east-southeast at the Bristol & West Tower View 4: Looking down at Denmark Street View 5: The Red Lodge Museum View 6: Looking north over Bristol's Skyline View 7: Looking northeast over toward Broadmead Shopping Centre View 8: Looking northeast toward Broadmead with Colston Tower (left) View 9: Looking southeast at the Bristol & West Tower View 10: Looking east over the City Centre The University Buildings Businessmen on St. Augustine's Parade The University Buildings Tobermory House Upper Maudlin Street Recent Apartments, Upper Maudlin Street Pedestrians, St. James Barton Roundabout Traffic, M32 Heavy Traffic, Temple Way Bond Street Corn Street St. Nicholas' Church, Corn Street Castle Park The Grand Thistle Hotel, Broad Street Bristol Guildhall, Broad Street The Lord Nelson Church, Nelson Street The North Alcove, Nelson Street Shop Facades, St. Augustine's Parade Denmark Street St. Augustine's Parade Colston Tower, St. Augustine's Parade The Marriot Hotel, Park Street The Gatehouse, College Green The Gatehouse, College Green Shop Fronts, Baldwin Street The Old Fish Market, Baldwin Street Facades, Baldwin Street Park Street Broad Quay House Plaque 1 Broad Quay House Plaque 2 Broad Quay House Plaque 3 Broad Quay House Plaque 4 __________________ Ongoing Photo Threads: MADRID - YEAR ABROAD Recent/New Photo Threads: BURGOS, ARANJUEZ, SEGOVIA, CARDIFF, LONDON More Photo Threads Here Last edited by Bristol Mike; September 2nd, 2007 at 08:11 PM.

September 3rd, 2007, 06:46 PM	#4
Bristol Mike Rain + Cold = England Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4,071 Likes (Received): 250	Clifton Village MONDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 21C / 70F Temple Meads Station Temple Meads Station Temple Meads Station Temple Meads Station Rajmoni Restuarant (foreground) & Royal Victoria Rooms (behind), Queens Road Queens Road Georgian Terraces, Clifton Road Clifton Road St. Andrew's Walkway, Clifton Road Georgian Terraces, Victoria Square Victoria Square Victorian Terraces, Victoria Square The Archway, Victoria Square The Archway, Boyce's Avenue Boyce's Avenue Clifton Arcade, Boyce's Avenue Old and New, Clifton Down Road Boston Tea Party (previously Madison Coffee), Clifton Down Road Waterloo Street Zizzi Café, Princess Victoria Street Caledonia Place Clifton Natwest Bank, Caledonia Place An Underground Café, Mall Terraces, West Mall Roman Architecture on Mall Shops and Cafés, Mall Terraces, West Mall Balconies, Sion Hill Sainsbury's, Whiteladies Road The Cresent, Rodney Place Christ Church, Clifton Down Road Clifton Heights, The Triangle Old and New, Merchant's Road Recent Apartments Developement, Merchant's Road Beaufort Road Beaufort Road Clifton Lawn Tennis Club Clifton Lawn Tennis Club Apartments, Beaufort Road A Victorian House, Beaufort Road __________________ Ongoing Photo Threads: MADRID - YEAR ABROAD Recent/New Photo Threads: BURGOS, ARANJUEZ, SEGOVIA, CARDIFF, LONDON More Photo Threads Here

September 4th, 2007, 03:25 PM	#5
ranny fash ball bag Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: crime Posts: 1,906 Likes (Received): 5	cheers michael. need to take a trip down there some time __________________ Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

September 6th, 2007, 02:05 AM	#9
*gothicform* Bossman Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: not london Posts: 29,263 Likes (Received): 558	bristol looks really nice in places... pity they ruined it with those damn tower blocks some nice pics there anyway

September 6th, 2007, 09:50 PM	#10
clarky member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bristol,England Posts: 9,231 Likes (Received): 153	Fantastic photos Bristol Mike Bristol should of been named European capital of culture.

September 8th, 2007, 10:03 PM	#12
Bristol Mike Rain + Cold = England Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4,071 Likes (Received): 250	A Taste of Late Summer SATURDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 25C / 77F The Balmoral, Floating Harbour The Bristol Industrial Museum, Phoenix Wharf Hotwells, S.S. Great Britain and the Mathew from Phoenix Wharf Cabot Tower from Phoenix Wharf Derelict Warehouses, Cumberland Road Derelict Warehouses, Cumberland Road Baltic Wharf A Rundown Car Garage, Cumberland Road Hotwells and Baltic Wharf Hotwells Promenade from Baltic Wharf Any Industrial City View, Spyke Island Hotwells from Spyke Island Hotwells (below) and Clifton (above) from Spyke Island Nova Scotia The Locks, Cumberland Basin The Locks, Cumberland Basin Swing Bridge, Cumberland Basin River Avon from Cumberland Basin Hotwells Polish Church, Granby Hill Nova Scotia Under-the-Bridge Graffiti, Cumberland Basin Bristol Industrial Museum and Arnolfini, Phoenix Wharf Corn Street Edward Everard, Broad Street Assize Courts, Broad Street Assize Courts, Broad Street Facade, Corn Street Bristol Backpackers, St. Stephen's Avenue Roman Classical Architecture, Colston's Avenue The Old Police Station, Fairfax Street Fairfax Street Late Evening Buildings, St. Augustine's Parade The Council House, Park Street Bristol Industrial Museum, Phoenix Wharf Bristol Industrial Museum, Phoenix Wharf Phoenix Wharf S.S. Great Britain from Hotwells Road __________________ Ongoing Photo Threads: MADRID - YEAR ABROAD Recent/New Photo Threads: BURGOS, ARANJUEZ, SEGOVIA, CARDIFF, LONDON More Photo Threads Here

September 9th, 2007, 07:29 PM	#13
Bristol Mike Rain + Cold = England Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4,071 Likes (Received): 250	The Bristol Half Marathon 2007! SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 24C / 75F A Deserted Lewins Mead St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade Colston Tower, St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade from Corn Street Baldwin Street Baldwin Street Baldwin Street Baldwin Street Baldwin Street Welsh Back The High Street The High Street Waverley House and the Brigstowe Hotel, Welsh Back One, Redcliff Street Redcliff Street Welsh Back Discovery House & One Redcliff Street, Redcliff Street Welsh Back from Redcliff Street Buchanon's Wharf Welsh Back Welsh Back Queen Charlotte Street Georgian Architecture, King Street Queen's Square St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade St. Augustine's Parade Lewins Mead Bridewell House, Lewins Mead Bridewell House, Lewins Mead Rupert Street The Travel Inn, Haymarket Eugene Street Apartments, Eugene Street __________________ Ongoing Photo Threads: MADRID - YEAR ABROAD Recent/New Photo Threads: BURGOS, ARANJUEZ, SEGOVIA, CARDIFF, LONDON More Photo Threads Here

September 10th, 2007, 08:04 PM	#14
Bristol Mike Rain + Cold = England Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4,071 Likes (Received): 250	MONDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 23C / 73F Bristol Bus Station Lewin's Mead Corn Street Bristol & West Developement, St. Augustine's Parade Bristol & West Developement, St. Augustine's Parade Two Architecture Generations, St. Stephen's Avenue Corn Street Stamford's, Corn Street 31, Corn Street The Bristol Thistle Hotel, Broad Street Rostrup Street 60's Brutalist Architecture, Lewin's Mead St. James Barton Roundabout The Travel Inn, St. James Barton Roundabout St. James Barton Roundabout The Subway, St. James Barton Roundabout The Subway, St. James Barton Roundabout Subway, Bond Street Recent Apartments, Marlborough Street Park Row The Bristol Children's Hospital, Upper Maudlin Street Zero Degrees, Colston Hill Scaffolding on old Terraces, Trenchard Street Colston Tower, Colston Hill The Colston Hall, Colston Hill The Colston Hall, Colston Hill Colston Hill Jane Street The Griffin Pub, Colston Hill The Bristol Children's Hospital, Upper Maudlin Street The Bristol Children's Hospital, Upper Maudlin Street The Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street The BRI, George VI Building, Upper Maudlin Sreet The White Lion Inn, Deep Street Rupert Street St. James Barton Roundabout Traffic, M32 Traffic, Temple Way New Broadmead Construction, Temple Way The Temple Meads Bridge Junction 3 Bridge, Coronation Road __________________ Ongoing Photo Threads: MADRID - YEAR ABROAD Recent/New Photo Threads: BURGOS, ARANJUEZ, SEGOVIA, CARDIFF, LONDON More Photo Threads Here

September 11th, 2007, 10:56 PM	#15
Bristol Mike Rain + Cold = England Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4,071 Likes (Received): 250	TUESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 23C / 73F __________________ Ongoing Photo Threads: MADRID - YEAR ABROAD Recent/New Photo Threads: BURGOS, ARANJUEZ, SEGOVIA, CARDIFF, LONDON More Photo Threads Here

September 11th, 2007, 11:29 PM	#16
Schmeek Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,571 Likes (Received): 0	Nice shot Mikey keep em coming

September 13th, 2007, 06:37 PM	#17
Bachy Soletanche Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14,236 Likes (Received): 229	have some more by me! Btw has anyone got any pics of the new Student accomodation opposite that big concreate/brutalist tower thingy? __________________ We do not need to return anywhere, we are already in all the places we have ever been Last edited by Bachy Soletanche; September 13th, 2007 at 07:06 PM.

September 14th, 2007, 08:34 PM	#19
Bachy Soletanche Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14,236 Likes (Received): 229	But none more Brutalist or towerlly than: [Dramatic Music] ta-da! __________________ We do not need to return anywhere, we are already in all the places we have ever been

September 17th, 2007, 12:20 AM	#20
Irish Blood English Heart Letting off the happiness Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wherever I lay my hat Posts: 4,361 Likes (Received): 34	Looks like a really metropolitan and major city, I'll have to pay it a proper visit sometime. How big does it feel say compared to a Newcastle, Leeds or Manchester to those who've been?

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