Cumberland Basin (Bristol)

Cumberland Basin
The basin looking eastwards
Location:	Hotwells, Bristol
Coordinates:	51°26′53″N 2°37′10″W / 51.44806°N 2.61944°W / 51.44806; -2.61944Coordinates: 51°26′53″N 2°37′10″W / 51.44806°N 2.61944°W / 51.44806; -2.61944
Established:	1804-9

For more details on Cumberland Basin, see Bristol Harbour#Construction_of_the_floating_harbour.

The Cumberland Basin is the main entrance to the docks of the city of Bristol, England. It separates the areas of Hotwells from the tip of Spike Island.

MV Balmoral in Cumberland Basin

The River Avon never flowed through the Cumberland Basin. Before the 19th century improvements and the construction of the non-tidal Floating Harbour, the Avon flowed through the tidal harbour and out through the future location of the Underfall Yard. When the basin and Floating Harbour were constructed the river was diverted through the New Cut, bypassing the harbour entirely.

1. Prince's Wharf, including the Bristol Industrial Museum, Pyronaut
2. Dry docks: SS Great Britain, the Matthew
3. St Augustine's Reach, Pero's Bridge
4. Bathurst Basin
5. Queen Square
6. Bristol Temple Meads railway station
7. Castle Park
8. Redcliffe Quay and Redcliffe Caves
9. Baltic Wharf marina
10. Cumberland Basin & Brunel Locks
11. The New Cut
12. Netham Lock, entrance to the Feeder Canal
13. Totterdown Basin
14. Temple Quay
15. The Centre
16. Canons Marsh, including Millennium Square and At-Bristol
17. Underfall Yard
18. Bristol Bridge

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