The Royal Portbury Dock is part of the Port of Bristol, in England. It is situated near the village of Portbury on the southern side of the mouth of the...
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Portishead, near the Royal Portbury Dock. The parish has a population of 827. The Romans are known to have had a wharf or hard at Portbury, probably for shipbuilding...
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Docks are part of the Port of Bristol, in England. They are situated on the northern side of the mouth of the River Avon, opposite the Royal Portbury...
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Portishead and Royal Portbury Docks when they were operated by Bristol City Council, which ceased trade when the Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Docks were leased...
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Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Dock. The city's modern economy is built on the creative media, electronics and aerospace industries; the city-centre docks have been...
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new high capacity freight terminal was opened at the site of the Royal Portbury Dock, the line as far as that point was reopened to accommodate the new...
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then serves two major dock areas. The Royal Portbury Dock is on the southern side of the mouth of the river. The deepwater dock was constructed between...
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Portbury Ashlands which is now known as Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve is a nature reserve between Portishead and the Royal Portbury Dock in Somerset, England...
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The parish extends northwest beyond the M5 motorway to include the Royal Portbury Dock. The name "Pill" comes from the Welsh word Pîl which denotes a tidal...
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Portishead, Somerset (redirect from Portishead Docks)
Royal Portbury Dock. A new junction was created, 3 miles (5 km) from Portishead station, and a new goods line built from there to the Royal Portbury Dock...
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cycleway which connects the B4054 near Avonmouth station with the Royal Portbury Dock and the village of Pill. The bridge was built with three lanes each...
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Bristol Harbour (redirect from Bristol City Docks)
[citation needed] In 1908, the Royal Edward Dock was built in Avonmouth and in 1972 the large deep water Royal Portbury Dock was constructed on the opposite...
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freight trains through the station began to run again in 2002 when Royal Portbury Dock was connected to the rail network. The station is due to be reopened...
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Air Ministry realised that the ability to distribute aviation fuel to the Royal Air Force (RAF)'s aircraft and petrol to its ground support vehicles was...
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railway station. The line was reopened for freight traffic to serve Royal Portbury Docks in 2001, and the restoration of passenger traffic is considered part...
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Port of Hull (redirect from Queen's Dock, Hull)
Town Docks. The first was The Dock (1778), (or The Old Dock, known as Queen's Dock after 1855), followed by Humber Dock (1809) and Junction Dock (1829)...
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construction of the large port Avonmouth Docks which occupies most of the western part. The related Royal Portbury Dock is across the Avon (in Easton-in-Gordano)...
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responsible for the policing and certain security measures at Avonmouth Docks, Royal Portbury Dock and the trading estates owned by The Bristol Port Company that...
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145.0 Clifton (Toll), Portishead, Royal Portbury Dock A369 Gordano services J19 Services Portishead, Royal Portbury Dock A369 Gordano services 51°28′39″N...
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is claimed to be the shortest pier in Britain. In the 1970s the Royal Portbury Dock was constructed to provide extra capacity for the Port of Bristol...
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motorway service station is at the eastern end of the valley, near the Royal Portbury Dock and the Avonmouth Bridge. There is no river Gordano - much of the...
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Innocent Drinks, Del Monte, Just Juice and Ocean Spray. Next to the Royal Portbury Dock, off junction 19 of the M5 on the A369 is Lafarge Plasterboard. Thatchers...
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though this too has seen shipping outgrow its facilities. The newer Royal Portbury Dock is noted for the large volume of car imports. This is a chart of...
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freight trains through the station began to run again in 2002 when Royal Portbury Dock was connected to the rail network. The line is due to be reopened...
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Gateway London Thamesport Seaforth Dock, Liverpool Port of Belfast Portsmouth Grangemouth Port of Immingham Royal Portbury Dock, Bristol Port of Hueneme, California...
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Port of Felixstowe (redirect from Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company)
bought some land near Felixstowe which included a dock that was too small to be included in the National Dock Labour Scheme. In 1967, it set up Britain's first...
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Beeching Axe but was relaid between 2000 and 2002 as far as the Royal Portbury Dock with a Strategic Rail Authority rail-freight grant. Plans to reinstate...
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Port of Grimsby (redirect from Royal Dock, Grimsby)
renamed Alexandra Dock, being connected to the Royal Dock system by a short canal, named the Union Dock. From the 1880s the dock's focus was coal, later...
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central dock area (the Floating Harbour) in the late 20th century. The deep-water Royal Portbury Dock was developed opposite Avonmouth Docks in the 1970s...
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Port of Southampton (redirect from Southampton Docks)
modern era in the history of the Port of Southampton began when the first dock was inaugurated in 1843. After the Port of Felixstowe, Southampton is the...
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