Programme of Events
Indoor events are generally free to BIAS members.
Events are at Keynsham in the Masonic Hall unless otherwise stated. Visitors are very welcome and are invited to make a donation of £4. Outdoor events are individually priced.
There is level disabled access to the room we use. And free car parking.
Covid-19 is still a threat. Please check before attending that you are Covid free.
The address of the Masonic Hall is 99 Bath Road, Keynsham, BS31 1SR.
keynshammasonichall.co.uk
By Car: From Bristol or Bath, take the Keynsham exit from the Broadmead roundabout on the Keynsham bypass. The Masonic Hall is only a few yards from the roundabout on the right.
By Bus: The X39 and A4 services link Keynsham to Bath and Bristol.
By Rail: It is quite a long walk, but there are direct regular services from Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads and Bath.
A post-industrial walk around Silverthorne Lane
22 August ; 18:00 – 21:00
This is a placeholder for an early evening walk around Silverthorne Lane, Bristol, examining the considerable industrial remains. Led by BIAS chair David Martyn and vice-chair Simon Hickman, the event will start and end at the little Martha brewery tap bar in the railway arches on Oxford Street, just north of Temple Meads Station.
Booking will open once we have confirmed access arrangements.
We will walk down Avon Street, and hopefully be allowed access to the former gasworks retort houses, which have recently been splendidly restored by Bristol University as part of their new Temple Quarter campus. Then a look at the former Marble Mosaic Factory (also originally a retort house) and the surviving infrastructure of Totterdown Basin. We will then go east along Silverthorne Lane, stopping to take in the former Lysaght’s Galvanising works and the remains of the Bristol Iron Works. Here, the remains of the hammer forge are still legible, and the boiler shop is being converted to a gym as part of a new secondary school. We will then cross the Feeder Canal to St Philips and walk back towards the Brewery tap taking in some of the surviving industry in this area.
St Philips and Silverthorne Lane are undergoing great change as part of their transition to the Temple Quarter. This is an excellent opportunity to see what remains, and how it is being incorporated into new development. David is Bristol City Council’s senior conservation architect and has worked with developments here for many years, and Simon was formerly Historic England’s lead inspector for the area.