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Pill Tidal Defences Anchor

📷 Neil Owen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsWildlifeHeritage
Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

51.48335, -2.68677

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· FreePicnic spot

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Magpie, Herring Gull, Goldfinch +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Many-fruited Thyme-moss, Cylindric Beard-moss, Even Scalewort +40 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Many-fruited Thyme-moss, Cylindric Beard-moss, Even Scalewort +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

picnic area, car park

Free

Cycling

Named cycling route nearby: Route 41

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

19 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
Watercatch Walk, TyntesfieldWalking route1.6 km

This circular walk is full of historical and natural interest. Watercatch walk takes you past an old single avenue of monkey puzzle trees, a summerhouse, Watercatch and old Second World War remains, before descending into a wooded combe and back along the

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Port Viewpublic footpath · 22 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Crusty Lanepublic footpath · 42 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 42 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Star Lanepublic footpath · 45 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 45 mPath type: pedestrian
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Cycling

173 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 26Cycling route
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Festival WayCycling route
Named routeRef FWLocal cycle route
Downs WayCycling route
Named routeRef DWLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Super Nova TrailMountain bike route
Named routeIncline down
Nova TrailMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

An anchor on Marine Parade

📷 Neil Owen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

An anchor on Marine Parade

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Kings Weston EstateUrban park1.8 km→✦KINGS WESTON HOUSEHistoric site2.2 km→✦BLAISE CASTLE AND HAMLETHistoric site4 km→🌱Clifton DownUrban park4.6 km→✦The American MonumentHistoric site300 m→🌱Victoria ParkUrban park600 m→

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