Where we are

Introduction

Sea Mills & Coombe Dingle is an area in the North-West part of Bristol, one of the major cities in the West of England.

 

Where we are

Our housing estate lies in a distinctive area of former farmland and is nowadays still entirely (and idyllically) surrounded by green and open space: Kingsweston Down and Blaise Estate to the North; North Somerset to the South - beyond the Avon's Horseshoe Bend; East, the River Trym and the Hazel Brook's picturesque gorge; and to the West the National Trust's Shire- hampton Park.

We are two miles from Shirehampton, three from Westbury-on-Trym, and next door to Stoke Bishop.   We are five of the most picturesque miles from Bristol, either over the Downs or via the Avon Gorge and under Brunel's Suspension Bridge.

 

Local Buildings

The most impressive buildings are St Edyth's Church (Sir George Oatley, 1926) a fine essay in Pennant coursed rubble with Bath freestone trimmings in a broadly 13C style, listed grade II, and 'answering' from the southern end of St Edyth's Road the Methodist Church (Sir George Oatley, 1938) on the Square.   The latter is a substantial brick building with round arched windows, in typical Garden Suburb style, commanding the Square.

The Library (C F Dawson, 1934) is a pleasant brindle-brick building with original fittings in Austrian oak.   The Community Centre was built by Sea Mills residents in the 1950s and features a 'sprung' floor in its main hall.