I had planned to walk Filham1, but the access is still blocked between the Stoke Gifford by-pass and the M32, due to the major new housing development, so I created this alternative route along Hambrook Lane....

Paul Chilcott

As of January 2025, the section between the Stoke Gifford by-pass and where the path meets the M32 underpass is still off limits, due to the new housing development. The path between Hambrook village and the M32 underpass is still ok to walk, but it is then diverted through the field alongside the M32 to Hambrook Lane....

Paul Chilcott

An alternative to this would be on the other side of the Stoke Brook where the path is partly tarmac and cycle path standard gravel elsewhere....

Paul Chilcott

There`s also Mina Road Park with its big trees and the path by the river Frome on the way into the centre....

Paul Chilcott

The walk up Hollywood Lane was particularly nice and at the top of it is where it all changed from being a rural walk into being an urban walk. Photo 7 - Charlton Walk (around the west and south of Filton Aerodrome)...

Paul Chilcott

It is tempting to take this option, but the stretch nearest the railway was inaccessible due to locked gates, so I have followed the road option taken by the other two Brifil routes....

Alan Morris

I found the path more attractive after Cribbs Causeway. When I walked the path, the path went along the boundary of active building work at two points. - at the point where the path turns from due west to north-west to head towards Cribbs Causeway, the path on the ground is on the other side of the field boundary from what is on both the Slow Ways map and on OS....

Alan Morris

It's possible to circumvent this by going on a parallel route along the edge of the BAWA grounds - I'm inclined to suggest an alternative route from Southmead on to the end at Filton...

Alan Morris

This walking route to Hambrook presents several challenges that potential walkers should be aware of....

Laura

The section East of Stoke Gifford bypass up to the motorway is closed for the next couple of years with a poorly signposted diversion to the north of the building site/new estate. They have applied to make this a permanent change which may require a fundamental change to this route....

Jemdaly93

When it's open please comment on this review and I can delete it from this route....

Slow Ways Cristie

This has now been removed, after a change in the network, with Aust being added as a Slow Ways place. I walked Filton to Aust. Once through Catbrain, then around the edge of the monster Cribb's Causeway shopping centre and across the main road, it is all change as the Slow Way heads down into the Severn Vale. Approaching Aust, the Slow Way goes through a new wetland which has been created as part of major flood defence works along the River Severn....

Mockymock

The Concord Way between Constable Road and Bennington Way is closed off while development work goes on...

Jenny S

This section of the route was very pleasant and easy to follow....

Tim Ryan

Going north … the section from Ashley Hill towards the allotments is not cyclable and would be a challenge in a wheelchair. At the moment (2023-24) it then diverts under the railway and up Boiling Wells Lane to Muller Road. Many cyclists have to walk the last section; I imagine it would be impossible in a wheelchair....

AngusG

I undertook this route, together with Filton to Bristol. It is a route between one urban node and another. There is very little to be said other than it is an acceptable route to get from a to b...

Brian

The second diversion from Station Rd, involved a reasonably steep ascent up to Ashley Down Rd, and a very steep descent down to Mina Rd, where it rejoins the official route...

Brian

As a result c15% of the route can’t be walked. An alternative route on Ashley Down Road was found. The route is mostly through built up areas and easy to follow....

Ros p

Since March 2023 the Concorde Way cycle path has been closed (it is expected to be closed for at least a year). As a result about 10% of the route can’t be walked and a diversion around Ashley Down Road had to be made. The route itself is very accessible for wheels and on footpaths so very little mud....

Ros p

I found it relatively easy to use paved road options to the west side of the route, which run in the same north-south direction as the plotted route. I found the route easy to follow and safe....

Tim Ryan

Overall this is a good route but the current development work between the stoke gifford bypass and M32 means a diversion into Hambrook lane and then along the bypass rather than directly across that area....

Julian_L2

Heading north of hatchet Road following the Brook and the nature reserve has sections not suitable for wheels and in winter or after periods of rain can get very muddy so trail shoes or walking boots would be required....

Jen Shepherd

However, traffic free section between Lockleaze Road and Bonington walk currently closed....

Hilary Cooling

Major construction work is happening in the field after the M32 and there is a poorly signed detour around the site....

Clare England

This Slow Way is a right old mixture, routing variously via the modern development around the Portishead marina; a bit of Severn Estuary coast; a wetland nature reserve; some semi-rural roadside; a cycle path snaking around the course of a disused railway and vast car parks used to house vehicles imported through Bristol docks; the M5 motorway bridge over the River Avon; a wooded limestone ridge through the suburb of Shirehampton; remnant estate parklands; plus a couple of golf courses and the Southmead housing estate....

Mockymock

Streams and grown-out hedges are still present beside some of the roads and the route makes good use of these more spacious, greener-edged thoroughfares as well as a couple of footpaths through pockets of woodland. There are no barriers but in mid January, the suggested route south of the brook through Three Brooks nature reserve, near the Bradley Stoke end (roughly what3words ended.wings.vocal to rabble.filled.potato), was pretty muddy underfoot and no good for wheels or light footwear, while the metal bridge across the stream at the eastern was very narrow, so I suggest wheelers and the less well shod use the surfaced path on the north side instead....

Mockymock

Note that you can follow the signed Concorde Way cycle path between Muller Road and the bottom of Dovercourt Road (it goes along Petherbridge Way past Aldi and over the footbridge - what3words pushes.others.fence to hints.often.noses) instead of using the rather cage-like narrow path around the back of Lidl. Its nicer....

Mockymock

And also to note for the time being - not sure how long for - the section of cycleway between Constable Road and Bonnington walk in Lockleaze is closed while houses are being built adjacent to it, so there is a diversion up a neighbouring road which makes it a less pleasurable (but still direct) ride here....

Mockymock

Some of the paths have motorcycle gates on them, which may restrict wheelchair access. I attach a photo taken at Millennium Green in Northville....

conoroneilluk

A mostly off-road route....

conoroneilluk

Straightforward and accessible urban route, making the most of local green spaces....

Aishling

Pleasant route but currently diverted midway due to large housing development. Areas of the route narrow and slightly overgrown when walked in late May....

Aishling

Inevitably much is along busy roads, but always on pavements with crossings. Nice bit through a nature reserve....

Gill Carter