New Bristol Site

Does anyone local have any knowledge of how often the existing site has been flooded in the years the club have had it?

I hope it gets permission. I enjoyed the site when we stayed there on our one and only occasion a couple of years ago and it made a grand winter site.

Wherenext

I think the Baltic Wharf site is much higher than the location of the new site so I imagine flooding was never really a problem?

David

The history of flooding is available to view, it's rare but has happened. The Baltic Wharf site is alongside the floating harbour designed to keep water levels static, controlled by sluice gates etc.. However behind Baltic Wharf and running past the proposed new site is the river Avon which connects straight out to the Bristol Channel with one of the highest tidal ranges in the world (it doesn't look that impressive with heavy mud banks at low tide.) But there is a possibility of a flood if there's a specific set of circumstances eg very high tide, severe rainfall etc.

BUT! There is a railway line that BCC hope to re-open just behind the proposed site on the river side, Bristol to Portishead, maybe some eco style plans there and it all seems a bit illogical with that also on the planning table.

I'm only slightly knowlegeable about this because I have family in central Bristol.