Naibri two

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Walked from Bristol to Nailsea. Easy to follow and enjoyable. Parts of it are on footpaths that are unsuitable for wheels, but there are no stiles, just a few gates. So full marks from me.

Having walked up from Temple Meads, I missed the short walk up to the bus station (which I did at the end of BRIHAM 2 a few weeks ago). The pavement walk alongside the A38 is easy but I did find the junction below College Green a little confusing, mostly because the A4 is such a small road. I enjoyed the walk through College Green and past the university, and the walk alongside the Floating Harbour.

We then cross using the swing bridge and join the Festival Way cycle route, which is well signposted throughout. After passing Ashton Court, the track follows the main road for a while before heading right into Long Ashton. We leave the cycle track briefly to use a good footpath that skirts the edge of the village, then rejoin the surfaced cycle track to reach Lampton Road. There are shops where we cross Weston Road and head uphill along Keeds Lane. We take the left turn on a path that is initially enclosed by fences and then heads across pastures with fine views before descending to a quiet lane.

We rejoin the Festival Way to cross the railway into Flax Bourton, then use another footpath to reach the housing estate by the railway. Beyond the houses we rejoin the cycle track again as it runs alongside the railway through fields. Eventually we follow it over the railway then use a field path (which is a little confusing past the farm house but you can't go too far wrong. Another field path takes us to a lane where we turn right, then cross fields to reach the edge of Nailsea. The housing estate needs careful navigation, and we then cross a park (I was amused that one of the 3 local celebrities silhouetted in the sculpture was Adge Culter of the Wurzels) and use another path to reach Nailsea's shopping centre and the meeting point.

A surprisingly enjoyable walk. Much of it on footpaths and through parkland. I found it easy to follow and pleasant route in and out of the city.

A great walk - much more varied than I was expecting given that so much of it is along cycle paths. Easy to navigate and no styles.

Definitely good enough to be in the slow ways network!.

A pleasant fairly direct route on Festival Way, quiet roads and traffic free paths.

Enjoyable route. Quite a lot of it is on the well-signed Festival Way cycle path which is wheelable and obstacle free, including the whole stretch from Long Ashton to Bristol.

Two sections of the route are through open countryside (one has an alternative roadside wheelable route) with access via gates, kissing gates, a couple of stiles and narrow footbridges. There were some muddy patches when I walked it in January.

The way leaves central Nailsea via a park and past school playing fields, and then fiddles through mazy housing estates to reach the open fields (exiting town via Crewkerne Close).

The next mile or so is across pastures, along farm tracks and through some plantation woodland to meet the Festival Way, which runs alongside the railway to Flax Bourton. There the cycle path edges around the housing but you can walk directly on through the village.

A little further on there is a choice of routes into Long Ashton.

This route uses the same off-road option as Naibri one. It heads uphill through pastures and down into the village via a track. It is a really nice walk, with views over the valley and ahead into the city.

The second, more direct and wheelable option is to continue on the Festival Way. It uses a broad, paved shared foot/cycle way by the road, which has fairly light traffic and views immediately around.

There is also a third perfectly usable option using footpaths through fields and woods immediately to the south of the railway if you wish to be away from the road but do not want to climb the hill. This one is not wheelable

The remainder of the route to the edge of Bristol is on the Festival Way and almost all off-road. Approaching the city it passes through the one-time country estate of Ashton Court Park and heads on into the town over the River Avon to the Floating Harbour. All in all it is a great way to arrive into the city. The mapped route is the shortest way to the bus station via College Green but you can continue all the way along the waterfront too.

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