Grid reference ST5980
near to Filton, South Gloucestershire, England
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Concorde's final Touch-down
The Airbus Facility at Filton where Concorde is now a Tourist attraction
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Road to nowhere
The new east to west road to the north of Filton Airport has many roundabouts, some of them like this one having been built with the potential for other new roads to join them in the future. The white aeroplane seen in the background of... (more)
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Hangar 16U
Filton airfield began operating from 1910. With the advent of the Great War, the site became a hotbed for the embryonic armed forces and this hangar was built in 1917. It is known as 16U, a Belfast type with characteristic wooden... (more)
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Highwood Lane
Another view along the former road shown in ST5981 : Highwood Lane, with a packaging firm's premises on the left.
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Concorde, back home in Bristol
The last one to fly is in a fantastic air museum called Aerospace Bristol, new £19m museum in Filton, north of Bristol.
Alongside is another hangar full of Bristol made aeroplanes and missiles, and much more.
There are four slide... (more)
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Play area at Front Home Close
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Highwood Road approaching Patchway
On the eastern side of Cribbs Causeway Regional Shopping Centre, Highwood Road heads towards Patchway. On the right is the lodge Link at the entrance to a caravan park (Highwood Park).
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Cribbs Causeway shopping mall's perimeter roads
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Feature Stone on roundabout near The Mall.
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Hayes Way, near Filton Airfield
The housing estate is separated from the dual carriageway by a valley
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Changing Filton for ever
This area used to be a quiet rural spot before the flyers moved in and built the enormous runway and hangars at Filton. However, the airport is now itself consigned to history - or will be soon once the demolition crews have finished the... (more)
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Bristol icons
There are two main thrusts to Sir George White (1854–1916): his vision and entrepreneurial talent allowed him to found Bristol's tramway system and also found some of the first attempts to conquer the air.
A Bristol double-decker... (more)
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