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Bristol Ashton Gate Duckmoor Road

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  Bristol Ashotn Gate Duckmoor Road At the junction with Banwell Road OS: ST572713 What3Words : police.took.brains Type : GR Pillar Box Type B No : BS3 55D Murderer's stream 24 August 2026 Looking south east across Duckmoor Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Charlecombe Road

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  Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Charlecombe Road On the short stretch of Charlecombe Road that runs parallel to Stoke Lane OS: ST566768 What3Words : tent.atoms.milky Type : EIIR Pillar Box Type K No : BS9 1126 (right, left was out of service) Glittering new day 11 August 2026 Looking north east Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Week ending 29.08.26

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    Week ending 29.08.26 Sunday Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Parry's Lane No finer hostel - Wills Hall was opened by Rt Hon. Winston Churchill in December 1929, on his appointment as third chancellor of Bristol University. During the celebrations, he signed a declaration that there was "no finer hostel .. among the universities of the British Empire", adding "on trust" as he didn't consider he possessed the knowledge for such a definitive statement. Monday Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Cote Road Heartfree and Constant - are two of the protagonists in 'The Provoked Wife', by playwright and, later, architect John Vanbrugh, first performed in 1697. It's suggested that redevelopment of Cote House was either carried out by Vanbrugh himself, or influenced by Vanbrugh's design for the nearby Kings Weston House. Tuesday Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Rylestone Grove Pilgrimage of grace - The ruins of Norton Tower stands above the village of Rylestone in North Yorks...

Bristol Ashton Gate Ashton Road

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  Bristol Ashton Gate Ashton Road 30m west of the junction with Duckmoor Road OS: ST570715 What3Words : digits.sands.parent Type : GVIR Pillsr Box Type A No : BS3 60D Chris Garland AG8 24 August 2026 Looking north east along Ashton Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Ashton Gate Winterstoke Road

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  Bristol Ashton Gate Winterstoke Road Opposite the junction with Ashton Vale Road OS: ST567713 What3Words : pushes.grant.above Type : EIIR Pillar Box Type K No : BS3 59 Ashton great seam 24 August 2026 Lookinng south east along Winterstoke Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Clifton Regent Street

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  Bristol Clifton Regent Street A few metres west of the junction with Hensman's H|ill OS: ST571729 What3Words : until.crush.drove Type : EIIR Solar Pillar Box Type A No : BS8 437 Functionality over form 14 August 2026 Looking north west up Regent Street Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Clifton Goldney Avenue

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  Bristol Clifton Goldney Avenue At the junction with Goldney Road OS: ST572728 What3Words : slurs.cling.frost Type : EIIR Wall Box No : BS8 436D Duke and duchess 14 August 2026 Looking south west to the junction with Goldney Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Rylestone Grove

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  Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Rylestone Grove At the junction with Parrys Lane OS: ST566761 What3Words : notes.pool.pipe Type : GR Pillar Box Type B No : BS9 517D Pilgrimage of grace 11 August 2026 Looking south east up Parrys Lane Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Cote Road

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  Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Cote Road At the junction with Cote Drive OS: ST571759 What3Words : crowd.leads.spin Type : EIIR Lamp Box No : BS9 615D Heartfree and Constant 11 August 2026 Looking north along Cote Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Parrys Lane

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  Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Parrys Lane A few metres south east, and opposite, the Wills Lane entrance to the Wills halls of residence OS: ST569758 What3Words : stir.being.armed Type : GR Wall Box No : BS9 536D No finer hostel 11 August 2026 Looking north west down Parrys Lane Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Henleaze Waterford Road

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  Bristol Henleaze Waterford Road At the junction with Henleaze Road OS: ST576765 What3Words : dish.bleak.price Type : EIIR Pillar Box Double G No : BS9 1011 & BS9 1012 Dominus illuminatio mea 1 July 2026 Looking south west across Waterford Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Coombe Lane

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  Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Coombe Lane Near the junction with Parrys Lane OS: ST563764 What3Words : sweep.trace.drum Type : GR Pillar Box Type B No : BS9 388D Time and relative dimensions in space 11 August 2026 Looking north west down Coombe Lane Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Stoke Grove

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  Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Stoke Grove Opposite the junction with Red House Lane OS: ST563767 What3Words : plants.ends.else Type : GVIR Pillar Box Type B No : BS9 433D  A polite facade 11 August 2026 Looking south east along Stoke Grove Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Clifton Down Road

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  Bristol Clifton Down Road Near the junction with Mortimer Road OS: ST570731 What3Words : rocky.hang.thin Type : EIIR Pillar Box Type K No : BS8 439D Gibbs surround 14 August 2026 Looking south along Clifton Down Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Brainsfield

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  Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Brainsfield Between the junctions with Reedley Road and Barley Road OS: ST567765 What3Words : shakes.hits.itself Type : GVIR Pillar Box Type B No : BS9 478D Immersive 11 August 2026 Looking East to Westbury Baptist Church Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Downs Road

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Bristol  Westbury-on-Trym Downs Road Near the junction with Falcondale Road OS: ST572766 What3Words : effort.quite.lofts Type : EIIR Pillar Box Type B No : BS9 527D Ups and downs 11 August 2026 Looking north east to the junction with Falcondale Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Weston-super-Mare Grove Road

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  Weston-super-Mare Grove Road A few metres west of the junction with High Street OS: ST318618 What3Words : shady.stud.barn Type : EIIR Pillar Box Type A No : BS23 17 Where there's a will 27 July 2026 Looking north across Grove Road to Grove Park Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Wick St Lawrence School Lane

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  Wick St Lawrence School Lane At the junction with Wick Road OS: ST366653 What3Words : laugh.manly.bandage Type : EIIR Wall Box No : no collection plate Blank look 16 June 2026 Looking south down School Lane, C15th village cross to the left Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright