The Royal Portbury Dock is part of the Port of Bristol, in England. It is situated near the village of Portbury on the southern side of the mouth of the Avon, where the river joins the Severn estuary — the Avonmouth Docks are on the opposite side of the Avon, within Avonmouth. The deepwater dock was constructed between 1972 and 1977, and is now a major port for the import of motor vehicles into the UK. The M5 motorway runs nearby, and the huge car storage compounds around the dock are visible from the Avonmouth Bridge. A waste industrial area west of the port is being developed as the Portbury Ashlands Nature Reserve.[1]
The Royal Portbury Dock has the largest entrance lock into any UK port,[citation needed] accommodating vessels up to 41 m (135 ft) beam, 290 m (951 ft) length and 14.5 m (48 ft)[2] draft.
^"Application No: 06/P/1635/RM". North Area Committee 7 December 2006. North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
^Why choose Bristol Port? 'second to none offering... Deep water up to a depth of 14.5m accommodating vessels up to 130,000 dwt' www.bristolport.co.uk, accessed 9 October 2019
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