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Bristol Hotwells York Gardens

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  Bristol Hotwells York Gardens Opposite the junction with Cornwallis Crescent OS: ST568728 What3Words : hops.craft.apple Type : EIIR Wall Box No : BS8 429D Paragon of virtue 14 September 2026 Looking wesr across York Gardens Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Taunton Lyngford Place

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  Taunton Lyngford Place At the junction with Lyngford Road OS: ST233261 What3Words : fines.jumps.wished Type : GVIR Pillar Box Type B No : TA2 417D Huevas de maruca 9 September 2026 Looking north east along Lyngford Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Taunton Priorswood Road Draycott Avenue

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  Taunton Priorswood Road Draycott Avenue Priorswood Road 80m west of the junction with Draycott Avenue OS: ST233258 What3Words : scared.crass.small Type : GVIR Pillar Box Type B No : TA2 320D The Strawberry Special 9 September 2026 Looking east along Priorswood Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Taunton Eastwick Road

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  Taunton Eastwick Road 50m north of the junction with Horner Road OS: ST236262 What3Words : buzz.bunny.laws Type : EIIR Wall Box No : TA2 531D The way of perfection 9 September 2026 Looking north across Eastwick Road towards St Teresa's Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Week ending 26.09.26

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Week ending 26.09.26 Sunday Bristol Clifton Richmond Lane Triglyphs & guttae - 6-panel doors with fanlights, imposts, triglyphs and pediments (Historic England) Monday Bristol Lodge Hill Holdenhurst Road The sower went forth to sow - Matthew 13:3 Tuesday Taunton Chip Lane 40 Steps - a long (110m) footbridge over the railway and yards west of Taunton station, replaced in 2014. The origin of the name is unclear as there were not forty steps. Wednesday Bristol Kingswood Grantham Road Splitters! - In the mid 18th century, Kingswood was a centre of English non-conformism with George Whitefield (Calvinism) and John Wesley (Armenianism). This post box stands outside Kingswood Methodist Church. Thursday Bristol Kingswood Downend Road It's a red thing! - The Kingswood Tizer factory on Two Mile Hill Road closed, along with almost everything else, during Geoffrey Howe's tenure as Chancellor. This phrase was used in Tizer marketing collateral. Friday Bristol Kingswood Soundwell Road Be...

Bristol Lodge Hill King John's Road

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  Bristol Lodge Hill King John's Road By the entrance to The Cossham Inn, at the junction with Charlton Road OS: ST639745 What3Words : porch.such.reform Type : VR Wall Box No : BS15 240D Very humbly, "Jack" 5 September 2026 Looking up King John's Road, the clock tower of Cossham Hospital is visible on the skyline Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Kingswood Soundwell Road

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  Bristol Kingswood Soundwell Road Opposite the junction with Broad Road OS: ST643741 What3Words : direct.facing.circle Type : GR Pillar Box Type B No : BS15 230D Best breakfast? 5 September 2026 Looking north east along Soundwell Road Carron Company Stirlingshire Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Kingswood Downend Road

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  Bristol Kingswood Downend Road Opposite the junction with Cross Street OS: ST646741 What3Words : tooth.verge.index Type : GR Pillar Box Type B No : BS15 424D It's a red thing! 5 September 2026 Looking south along Downend Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Kingswood Grantham Road

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Bristol Kingswood Grantham Road At the junction with Two Mile Hill Road OS: ST644739 What3Words : doll.wool.chase Type : EIIR Solar Pillar Box Type A No : BS15 74D Splitters! 5 September 2026 Looking north east, Kingswood Methodist Church (1854) beyond Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Taunton Chip Lane

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  Taunton Chip Lane 80m east of the roundabout with Staplegrove Road & Trenchard Way OS: ST221254 What3Words : major.link.cheeks Type : CIIIR Parcel Box No : TA1 8545 40 Steps 9 September 2026 Looking south west across Chip Lane Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Lodge Hill Holdenhurst Road

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  Bristol Lodge Hill Holdenhurst Road At the junction with Ingleside Road OS: ST641743 What3Words : united.noble.lift Type : GR Pillar Box Type B No : BS15 387D The sower went forth to sow 5 September 2026 Looking south east Carron Company Stirlingshire Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Clifton Richmond Lane

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  Bristol Clifton Richmond Lane At the junction with Queens Road OS: ST574732 What3Words : proud.rides.maple Type : EIIR Solar Pillar Box Type A No : BS8 399D Triglyphs & guttae 7 September 2026 Looking north west across Queens Road to Buckingham Chapel (RS Pope 1842) Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Week ending 19.09.26

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  Week ending 19.09.26 Sunday Bristol Kingswood Hanham Road Unitas Fratrum - a Moravian church - now a mosque - stands to the west. The Unity of Brethren - Unitas Fratrum - is one of the oldest protestant sects. Monday .  Bristol St Augustine's Parade Darlings - with the Hippodrome right behind, something Dame Edna herself may have said once or twice during her shows in February 2014. Hello, possums! Tuesday Bristol Baldwin Street West With sightless glare and lips struck dumb - Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the first lines of this sea shanty for Treasure Island but the entire song was completed by Young Ewing Allison a decade later.  Wednesday Bristol Baldwin Street East Something fishy - behind this postbox stands The Old Fish Market public house. Thursday Bristol St Jude's Trinity Street Big jugular - Inca Babies, a kind of sub-Birthday Party post punk band from Hulme, played Trinity Hall in 1984 or 85. Trinity Hall hosted the best gigs in Bristol when I was a student; ...

Bristol Lodge Hill Selkirk Road

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  Bristol Lodge Hill Selkirk Road At the junction with Lodge Road OS: ST643745 What3Words : edges.powers.zebra Type : GR Pillar Box Type B No : BS15 256D Psychic archiology 5 September 2026 Looking north west across Selkirk Road, Cossham Hospital behind Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Lodge Hill Charlton Road

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  Bristol Lodge Hill Charlton Road A few metres south of the junction with Lodge Causeway OS: ST639747 What3Words : admiral.union.remain Type : GR Pillar Box Type B No : BS15 132D Worthy Primo 5 September 2026 Looking south along Charlton Road Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol St Jude's Trinity Street

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  Bristol St Jude's Trinity Street Near the junction with Clarence Road OS: ST600733 What3Words : exchanges.fuel.palace Type : EIIR Pillar Box Type B No : BS2 197D Big jugular 5 September 2026 Looking west across Trinity Street Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Baldwin Street East

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  Bristol Baldwin Street East A few metre east of Market Steps OS: ST588729 What3Words : faded.pies.yoga Type : EIIR Solar Pillar Box Type B No : BS1 251D Something fishy 5 September 2026 Looking east along Baldwin Street Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright

Bristol Baldwin Street West

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  Bristol Baldwin Street West A few metres east of the junction with Clare Street OS: ST586729 What3Words : stud.shins.entire Type : EVIIR Pillar Box Type C No : BS1 409D With sightless glare and lips struck dumb 5 September 2026 Looking west towards the Centre Map by Open Street Map openstreetmap.org/copyright