Slowly out of lockdown
Many pubs and restaurants will open for socially-distanced customers on 4th July. Here are details of the plans of pubs and restaurants around Bathurst Basin.
Torque Training
Brothers Ant and Nick Fenton-Wells and Tom Luke set up Torque Training on Lower Guinea Street.
Bathurst Bridge maintenance work
Bristol City Council are planning to start maintenance work on Bathurst Bridge on 1st September 2020, work which will mean closure of the old bridge to pedestrian and vehicle traffic,
Footbridge access
A Bristol City Council website has been set up ‘to capture requests for walking and cycling improvements during this COVID19 pandemic.’ One submission proposed the a change of access to the Ostrich footbridge.
Lower Guinea Street signs
Friends of Bathurst Basin objects to the retrospective planning application for three advertising panels in Lower Guinea Street.
Spot the Harris Hawk
NBC Environment visit the General and Iron Foundry buildings regularly with a Harris Hawk to discourage gulls from nesting on the roofs of the buildings.
Louisiana roast lunches
Good news for those who enjoy a good roast. The Louisiana can now provide take-away roast lunches.
10 Guinea Street
Number 10 Guinea Street will feature in a BBC 2 series: David Olusoga’s programme ‘A House Through Time’.
Rail painting and repair
A maintenance crew repair the broken and damaged railings at the top of the steps by the pedestrian steps on Bathurst Parade.
Thanking the NHS
Every Thursday at 8pm the residents living around the Basin and Cabot Cruising Club members on their boats join the nation in thanking the NHS.
Repaired jetty
The Harbour Estates team has responded with commendable speed to our suggestion that they repair the damage to the wooden jetty in the approach to Bathurst Basin.
Bathurst Bridge repairs
Councillor Kye Dudd has confirmed that Bristol City Council refurbishment works are programmed for this year to repair and maintain the green bridge by the Louisiana Pub on Commercial Road.
Laser beam
During the public applause for the National Health Service, SXS Events arranged for a laser-display to appear on the steeple of St Mary Redcliffe.
Fly-tipping clearance
On Good Friday afternoon fly-tipping reported. Bristol City Council’s fly-tipping unit cleared the radiators on Easter Monday.
Marchioness Jetty Rejected
At its meeting on 18th March 2020, Bristol City Council’s Development Control Committee B rejected the planning application to build a 96-metre jetty along the New Cut close to Bathurst Basin.
Cumberland Road
Cumberland Road is now open to motor traffic in both directions along its full length.
Impact of COVID-19 on Bathurst Basin
The impact of COVID-19 and the steps taken by the government to protect the community are very visible around Bathurst Basin.
The 3rd
Located between two Michelin-starred restaurants, Casamia and Paco Tapas, the space will from tomorrow become a new concept called ‘The 3rd’.
Homeless occupation of Bathurst Bridge
After careful monitoring and correspondence with Streetwise and St. Mungo’s, the Bristol City Council Park Estates office confirms that the space beneath Bathurst Bridge is presently abandoned.
Bristol White Water Boaters use overflow
Bristol White Water Boaters use the unusual high water to kayak from the New Cut into Bathurst Basin.