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The Underfall Yard

Underfall Yard · Bristol

The Underfall Yard

Find the Victorian dockyard that still keeps Bristol's harbour from draining itself dry.

  • ⏱ 25 min
  • 💷 £0
  • 🥾 Easy

Built in the 1830s, the Underfall Yard's sluices still control the water level in Bristol's floating harbour, and its workshops still repair boats using equipment over a century old. Most visitors to the harbourside never make it this far along.

What you’ll do

  1. 1Walk the harbourside
  2. 2Find the yard
  3. 3Prove it
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Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0

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