Bristol Ferry Boats

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Coordinates: 51°27′01″N 2°35′32″W / 51.450292°N 2.59216°W / 51.450292; -2.59216

A yellow water taxi on the water between stone quaysides. The far bank has large buildings and in the distance is a three arch bridge.
A ferry boat passes the Welsh Back landing stage, with Bristol Bridge in the background


Bristol Ferry Boats, formerly known as the Bristol Ferry Boat Company, operates water bus services on Bristol Harbour in the centre of the English city of Bristol. Services operate for the leisure market to and from both the city centre and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, and serve 15 landing stages throughout the length of the harbour. Services are provided by a fleet of yellow and blue painted ferry boats.

City Docks Ventures, a non-profit making conservation group in Bristol, started a Ferry service in 1977, with the first of the ferry boats "Margaret" which had worked on the Avon between Pill and Shirehampton. In 1978 the Ferry service became a proper business, and later added the ferry boat "Independence".[1] In November 2012, the Bristol Ferry Boat Company went out of business.[2]

In January 2013, a new community interest company was established to run the ferry service.[1] Managed by the original owners, the new company aimed to establish a full scheduled service by the early spring of 2013.[3]

Landing stages served

Ferry Boat passing former Lime Kiln Dock

The Bristol Ferry Boat serves the following landing stages:[4]

  • City Centre (for the city centre, Bristol Cathedral and Watershed Arts Centre)
  • Millennium Square (for At-Bristol)
  • Princes Street Bridge (for the Arnolfini Art Gallery, Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum)
  • Gas Ferry North
  • SS Great Britain (for the preserved steamship SS Great Britain)
  • Bristol Marina
  • Mardyke
  • Hotwells-Pumphouse (for Hotwells)
  • Hotwells-The Nova Scotia
  • Hotwells-The Cottage
  • Welsh Back
  • Redcliffe Back
  • Bristol Bridge
  • Castle Park (for the Broadmead shopping centre)
  • Temple Quay (for Bristol Temple Meads railway station)
  • Bathurst Basin

Fleet

The fleet of the Bristol Ferry Boat Company includes the following vessels:[5]

  • Brigantia - Purpose built in 2006 for work on the Bristol Ferry.
  • Emily - Built in the mid-1920s and has been in service in Bristol since 1992, carrying up to 45 passengers.
  • Independence - Built in 1926 and has been in service in Bristol since 1981, carrying up to 45 passengers.
  • Margaret - Built in 1952 and has been in service in Bristol since 1977, carrying up to 25 passengers.
  • Matilda - Purpose built for work on the Bristol Ferry, carries up to 45 passengers.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Staff (31 December 2012). "Group steps in to rescue bust ferry boat company". This Is Bristol. Retrieved 15 April 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Bristol Ferry Boat Company goes out of business". This is Bristol. Retrieved 23 November 2012. 
  3. ↑ Staff (28 January 2013). "'Sunk' Bristol Ferry Boat Company back in business again". This Is Bristol. Retrieved 15 April 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Ferry Service". Bristol Ferry Boats. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Our boats". Bristol Ferry Boats. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 

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