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Welcome addition

Bristol City Council Docks Estates Office have arranged for a Big Belly solar-powered waste compactor to be located in Bathurst Basin.

London-Bristol Canal Race

The 2021 London-Bristol Kennet and Avon Canal Race (KACR) finishes by the John Sebastian in Bathurst Basin.

Shakespeare Undone!

The Natural Theatre Company will be performing Shakespeare Undone! as part of the Bristol Shakespeare Festival.

Bristol Harbour Review

The Bristol Harbour Review aims to adopt the national best practice across a number of ‘work streams’, including the finances of running the Harbour.

Reed beds update

The reed beds installed in May are continuing to prosper.

e-Scooters and the Basin

Visitors to Bathurst Basin seem increasingly to get here by salmon pink Voi scooters.

Reed beds installed

The long-awaited reed beds have been installed in Bathurst Basin by Simon Thurgood and colleague from Aquascience Ltd.

New wheelie bins in Bathurst Basin

New wheelie bins

Thanks to Cameron Cheek of Bristol City Council Harbour Estates Office who arranged to replace the many small vertical bins

Swing-bridge name-plate

The name plate by the pedestrian swing bridge will be removed, refurbished and reinstalled at both ends of the bridge.

Repaired benches

For two years Richard Finch, the chair of the Friends of Bathurst Basin, has been encouraging the Council to maintain the Basin’s benches which were in a very sorry state. 

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