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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    [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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    required. A similar crash occurred at Lawrence Hill on 1 November 2000, when a Royal Mail train passed two red signals and ran into the back of a coal train...
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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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    Bristol Police — Port of Bristol, Bristol. Includes Avonmouth Dock, Bristol, Royal Portbury Dock, North Somerset, and 3 islands in the Bristol Channel: Denny...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    view over the Bristol Channel. South Wales and Royal Portbury Dock are also clearly visible. Part of the Dock is within the parish. St George's Flower Bank...
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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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