Clifton Suspension Bridge (Clifton, Bristol)

My husband was born in Cork but grew up in Clifton, Bristol, a stone's throw away from the Suspension Bridge. Having visited his family in the area several times as we dated and then after we married, I only very recently actually walked across the Suspension Bridge. I had seen it several times before, of course, from the balcony of the Clifton Hotel and as we drove along the parkway, but for whatever reason, we had never had any occasion to walk or even drive across it. Finding nothing to do on a particularly sunny October Saturday when we were down, we decided to try it out. We had walked across the Golden Gate Bridge whilst in San Francisco, and though I am ...  Read the complete review

The suspension bridge is an iconic piece of bristol that is definitely worth a visit. The bridge stretches across the Avon Gorge linking Clifton/Redlands area to Leigh Woods/Ashton Court Estate. The bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and was a ground breaking construction when it was built and today is as good as the day it was built. The bridge has traffic and pedestrian crossings, there is a toll for cars but pedestrain access is free. The pedestrian crossing has breath-taking views along the gorge towards the Severn Estuary and Cumberland Basin/South Bristol. There is extensive CCTV and anti climb wire fencing, this is to prevent potential suicides as ...  Read the complete review

Those of you who know me well, or who have long memories, will know that I have two heroes in life, both Engineers. One was a family member, my Great Uncle Bill, the other Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Both as it happens were engineers. I had, very much wanted to be in Bristol on the weekend of April 8th / 9th 2006, in order to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Brunel's birth. Due to circumstances beyond my control, this just was not possible. I was at the time fortunate enough to get hold of the excellent set of Royal mail commemorative stamps from our local post office, the 60p one of which shows a period print of the very subject of this review. ...  Read the complete review