Floating Harbour

E310964
dock system harbour maritime infrastructure

The Floating Harbour is a historic, non-tidal dock system in the centre of Bristol, England, created to allow ships to remain afloat regardless of the River Avon’s tides and now surrounded by regenerated waterfront developments.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Floating Harbour canonical 4
The Floating Harbour 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dock system ⓘ
harbour ⓘ
maritime infrastructure ⓘ
architect William Jessop ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse commercial waterfront ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
residential waterfront ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus historic harbour ⓘ
hasPart Arnolfini ⓘ
Bathurst Basin ⓘ
Bristol City Docks ⓘ
Bristol Marina ⓘ
Cumberland Basin ⓘ
Harbour Railway ⓘ
M Shed ⓘ
Prince's Wharf ⓘ
SS Great Britain ⓘ
Spike Island ⓘ
St Augustine's Reach ⓘ
Underfall Yard ⓘ
Wapping Wharf ⓘ
Watershed ⓘ
hosts Bristol Harbour Festival ⓘ
inception 1809 ⓘ
locatedIn Bristol ⓘ
England ⓘ
city centre of Bristol ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse Feeder Canal ⓘ
New Cut ⓘ
River Avon ⓘ
maintainedBy Bristol City Council ⓘ
near Bristol Cathedral ⓘ
Bristol Temple Meads ⓘ
surface form: Bristol Temple Meads railway station

College Green, Bristol ⓘ
Queen Square, Bristol ⓘ
opened 1 May 1809 ⓘ
originalPurpose to allow ships to remain afloat regardless of tides ⓘ
to provide a non-tidal harbour for Bristol ⓘ
partOf Port of Bristol ⓘ
surface form: Port of Bristol (historical)
separatedBy New Cut ⓘ
separatedFrom tidal River Avon ⓘ
surroundedBy regenerated waterfront developments ⓘ
waterLevelCharacteristic impounded ⓘ
non-tidal ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple Quay → locatedNextTo → Floating Harbour ⓘ
Bristol Harbour → alsoKnownAs → Floating Harbour ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Floating Harbour
Great Western Dockyard → waterway → Floating Harbour ⓘ
Temple Meads district → near → Floating Harbour ⓘ
Bristol Harbourside → locatedOnWaterbody → Floating Harbour ⓘ