AVONMOUTH

'Avonmouth' is a suburb of the city of Bristol, UK, at the mouth of the River Avon on its north bank and on the Bristol Channel/Severn Estuary. It is the location of a large port, Avonmouth Docks. The Royal Portbury Dock, part of the same complex, is on the other side of the Avon. Avonmouth is home to several large chemical manufacturing plants and a gas fired power station. There is also a significant residential area in Avonmouth between the industrialised zone and the M5 motorway. Avonmouth is sometimes regarded as a satellite town of Bristol as opposed to a suburb.

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Transport

It lies on the M5 motorway, which crosses the Avon by the Avonmouth Bridge. The M49 motorway runs between the M5 near Avonmouth and the M4 motorway at the Second Severn Crossing. The old Severn Bridge and the M48 motorway are linked to Avonmouth by the A403. It is served by a usually hourly service to Bristol at the Avonmouth railway station on the Severn Beach Line.

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★ Photographs of Avonmouth

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