Riverside crane is a painting marathon.

The volunteers busy painting a crane at Bath Riverside are making good progress on what has now been described as a … More

Brush up on industry

Yesterday – Saturday, September 24th – l popped along to the seventh Industrial Heritage Exhibition  – held at Bath City … More

Bridge access, bikes and buddleia.

Well the good news is that the new Destructor bridge – linking Western Riverside with the Upper Bristol Road – … More

New Destructor bridge still not completely ‘docked’.

My thanks to Chris Rogers for two lovely shots of the new Destructor Bridge which finally spans the River Avon … More

New bridge slide-out starts today!!

The new prefabricated crossing – to replace the old Destructor bridge across the River Avon at Bath’s Western Riverside – is … More

Counting the cost of history.

When he was Mayor of Bath – and a councillor with B&NES – Bryan Chalker helped rescue one of the last remaining … More

Bottled history!

Western Riverside developers Crest Nicholson have been keen to archive on film many aspects of their residential regeneration of an … More

Old bottles and a new bridge.

Only months after the River Avon gave up some of its murky secrets – in a flood relief dredge that … More

Bridge works!

Things continue to go well as far as making ready the space ‘vacated’ by the old Destructor Bridge for a … More

Documenting the old Destructor.

People using the towpath on the Upper Bristol Road side of the River Avon and where it passed under the … More

Now you see it and now you don’t.

My first real venture into town since the onset of shingles and time to catch up on a few city … More

Green flood defence working well

New ‘shaped’ landscaping which has been incorporated into the residential development now taking place at Western Riverside in Bath has … More

Babylon comes to Bath?

Crest Nicholson has revealed its latest plans for Bath‘s Western Riverside development and – while the last of the city’s … More

Bath’s Albert Hall

Shame on you Bath if you let your last remaining gasometer disappear from the skyline without even an attempt at … More

Bath toll-keeper’s daughter?

The housing development taking place at Western Riverside – around what was the city’s gas storage facilities – has prompted … More