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17th Feb 2024  11:06  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

From Conham as the proverbial crow flies is probably less than a mile across the Avon valley. By road, onto the ring road then A4 towards Bristol then north east at Emery Road, Broomhill Road and through housing estate. Parked on Belroyal Avenue. Cut through on footpath to south between houses. After about thirty metres a gap in the bushes to the west, and another gap in the next field boundary to get to open field at back of houses. Headed for north west corner of field. Looked into bushes along fence around school field. Over footbridge. Looking into school field thinking it might be in there. A little further west spotted top of pillar sticking out of piles of fly tipped garden rubbish, tiles and other debris. Handy dumping ground for the locals. Clambered over mound and noticed that some of the rubbish had been dug away from one side, where the FB was. A little more digging to get a decent view of it. Brambles were hanging down so it was a bit scratchy to get in there. Marked down for the terrible state of the surroundings. Cap missing, raised S prefix. No views. In some ways the piles of rubbish are protecting it, however it’s sad to see such a mess. Just one corner of Bristol but seems to be fairly common based on other locations visited during the day.

Broom Hill Flush plate
Broom Hill From behind showing spider and missing cap
Broom Hill Pillar top just visible, towards fence from rear of houses
Broom Hill After cutting away some of the overhanging brambles
Broom Hill Marked position as it is well camouflaged

12th Jun 2023  23:02  by Ande1865

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Just about still visible under a mountain of garden waste and nettles

7th Apr 2023  10:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: ST 62700 71200   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Still easy access and lots of rubbish

12th Feb 2023  09:55  by andyrandom

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Surprisingly good condition pillar buried in rubbish alongside a grotty track behind the houses in Belroyal Avenue. An easy bag but a deeply unpleasant one. Flush Bracket on the left, somehow still visible.

20th Nov 2022  15:00  by AutomatedAnimal

FB Number: 3367  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked at the end of Belroyal Ave, walked along the lane at the back of the houses. The pillar looks good but it's a shame that so much has been dumped around it. I expect there used to be good views towards Dundry at one point.

©AutomatedAnimal
©AutomatedAnimal
The trig in the centre of the photo just to the left of the yellow bag.©AutomatedAnimal
©AutomatedAnimal

23rd Jun 2022  10:03  by ady650b

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

14th Aug 2021  09:36  by vegibagger

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Trig pillar enthusiasts can actually get a bit anthropomorphic about these redundant bits of concrete. So here's a story about two very contrasting Bristol pillars just a kilometre apart across the River Avon, which I visited Saturday morning 14th August after an early morning crossing of the Clifton suspension bridge and wonderful display of early morning hot air balloons followed by a visit to Herbert's bakery in Montpelier /St Pauls at 7.30am for some great cheap rye sourdough bread. Both have similar situations being on tracks beind the south side of housing estates with open land behind. S3367 Broom Hill is a candidate for the saddest most unloved & neglected trig pillar in the country. Half buried up to its waist on two sides under garden waste and builders rubble, broken tiles and glass plus a bit of bramble. The back side and left, east side which has the flush bracket were a bit clearer but still had bottom part of the FB buried. I removed a number of bits of brick, plus dug it out with some bits broken tiles so I could photograph it, but I wanted even more access for nerdy artistic reasons, to spray it with WD40 and press a small slab of air dry clay into it. Having created a 'footwell' sized area of excavation, I was then able to use another bit of rubble a half circular piece of thick tile as a seat and successfully take my cast. It felt like I was showing the pillar some small bit of attention & bit of cherishing, that it deserved. I would love the idea of going back sometime switched into my alter ego mode of TPLM of the TPLF Trig Pillar Liberation Man of the TPLFront and spending many hours clearing the whole area around the pillar and painting it sparkling white. Also feels a bit of cloud cuckoo land. Across the river to the north, S3382 Conham, is proudly and happily standing on the grass with a bit of bramble behind and seems happy as Larry. Down by a U-bend in the river to the immediate south is the Conham river County Park, which I'd like to visit on some future occasion.

9th Aug 2021  13:34  by killerpip4

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

15th Sep 2020  14:40  by boblynoriho

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Looks in good condition minus plug. I didn't fancy digging through the rubbish to find the FB.

Broom Hill trigpoint "Good but buried"©boblynoriho

24th Jul 2020  16:14  by asbown

Gridref: ST 62765 71205   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

easy enough of footpath behind houses. condition can only be guessed at, half buried.

24th Jul 2020  16:14  by The reluctant trigger

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

7th Jun 2020  16:25  by BarryHorton

Gridref: ST 62765 71219   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Half hidden.

5th Mar 2020  19:48  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

#5 'trig' of the trip. #2 pillar of the trip and we made this more complicated than it needed to be! Despite having a note from a previous log 'FP end overgrown and impassible', this was the end we started from! After somehow managing to get through thorny hedge and over barbed wire fence we ended up in the field behind the lane and then found wee path back to the lane. After finding the sad trig we went down to lane to the North and took the dog leg back to the road. Flush Bracket now buried.

Broom Hill

5th Mar 2020  19:48  by coinea

Gridref: ST 62771 71210   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

With thejackrustles

S3367 Broom Hill

4th Aug 2019  14:54  by Pritch227

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

what a shame!!a real dumping ground,fb is still visible!!

©Pritch227

4th Aug 2019  14:53  by WuzzerL

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

half of the pillar poking out the ground, looks in really good condition just being swallowed up by the rubbish around it

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12th Nov 2018  11:40  by G1ANQ

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

I was down in Bristol dropping off Mr N before we go on holiday ourselves so took the opportunity to bags some trigs that I haven't got to on my bike because of the hills around here. Parked car in road and walked up the track that goes around the back of the houses. Easy enough to find but it is being slowly covered in garden waste.

Flush Bracket
Trig Point

26th May 2017  11:59  by slateloose

Gridref: ST 62700 71200   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Trig point is in good condition but is in a very sad location buried in garden rubbish, F.B is just visible.

8th Dec 2016  13:30  by Nekyram

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Walked access track from Belroyal road.trig can only just be seen, nearly buried by garden cuttings and bricks.

24th Sep 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: ST 62769 71213   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Use access point nearest main road @ ST628713 (FP end overgrown and impassible). Trig now behind large pile of cut branches and in danger of becoming totally engulfed. FB still visible for now

10th May 2015  07:45  by g4wsb

Gridref: ST 62764 71216   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Turning into Betrayal Ave on right track ,up an around bend on left pile of bricks large pair ply doors opp pile of cut up wood behind this.

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30th Mar 2015  12:01  by SlainteJimmy

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

28th Feb 2015  13:30  by BRISTOLIAN

FB Number: 3367  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Should be Broomhill (one word) second visit here as I completely missed it last time. Loads of garden waste around. Next person should note large pile of bricks by garage doors. Trig is opposite them.

Mr K at trig. Usual trig pose.©BRISTOLIAN

14th Feb 2015  10:38  by jonglew

Gridref: ST 62766 71209   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Possibly one of the sorriest looking pillars I've come across. Still partially buried by garden and building waste. However, I could not determine any damage and am unclear why many previous loggers have classified it as 'slightly damaged'. Access is easy enough being on a vehicle access track at rear of either 18 or 20 Belroyal Avenue. Pillar was found with cap missing, no plug; FB is of the BSM style. All sight holes buried. No views.

Pillar - First Sighting TP1681©jonglew
Pillar TP1681©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP1681©jonglew
Spider TP1681©jonglew

6th Dec 2014  10:46  by plet56

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 2/10

18th Nov 2013  16:19  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Beside garage acess track behind houses. partly buried (rubble or just build up of garden waste?).

12th Aug 2013  11:36  by penfold1570

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

13th May 2013  19:08  by Griefmiester

Gridref: ST 62765 71208   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Bit of a sad location this one - Pillar is located on service road that goes round the back of the houses in Belroyal Aveneue (you can drive all the way) looks like it a bit of a tipping area and it is getting lost in rubble and garden rubbish. conditon appeared good to me.

Pillar FB & GPS Data

24th Dec 2012  14:50  by CJO

Gridref: ST 62764 71207   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

cap missing. Half buried by building rubble and garden waste. manged to partially dig out the FB on the SE face. Condition good but buried! Felt a sight hole on the face closest to fence at the back.

S3367 looking for the FB actually on the left face as looked at here
S3367 FB is BsM3367

4th Jun 2011  05:01  by Trigger

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

TP1681

24th Oct 2010  13:25  by edfielden

Gridref: ST 62767 71206   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 1/10

Parked in Belroyal Avenue and walked between houses to access service lane to rear. Approaching from the south-east end of the service lane I encountered some undergrowth which I had to force my way through and eventually spotted the trig in the undergrowth and rubble on the left by a fence. Plug missing, FB faces NE but is very hard to see as so much rubble has accumulated up against the pillar! Sightholes not observed. Has to be the worst location for a trig point that I've visited so far! One point for interest as I saw a robin land on the pillar as I left.

S3367 - Pillar Poking out from behind the rubble! ©edfielden
S3367 - Top ©edfielden
S3367 - Flush bracket Very difficult photo to get, left me with grazes on my left hand! ©edfielden
S3367 - Trig pose! I’m in there somewhere! ©edfielden
S3367 - Wildlife A robin lands on the pillar as I leave ©edfielden

30th Apr 2010  13:40  by Dusty

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 1/10

Trigpoint
Spider
Flush Bracket

7th Apr 2010  15:26  by raypool

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

2nd Dec 2009  12:07  by Brisey

Gridref: ST 62764 71215   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

The vegetation is not too bad at this time of year, but the rubbish is a real problem, obscuring almost half the pillar on the face fronting the path. Bluebeard's slab is still there, keeping bricks off the FB which is on the SE face, but a view of it is difficult.

8th Nov 2009  13:30  by cmb1953

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 1/10

Partially buried in rubbish. Unable to spot FB.

29th Oct 2007  12:23  by tom

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

The pillar is partially protected by brambles by the side of the service back lane for Belroyal Avenue and is sited next to a school fence. Builders rubble is strewn around its base, its plug is missing and it has FB BsM 3367. The top of Dundry Hill could be seen on the skyline to the southwest.

3rd Oct 2007  11:30  by bluebeard

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 4/10

cleared away some builders rubble to get to the FB. left some slabs in place to try to make it easy for the next visitor.

24th Aug 2007  12:50  by macroderma

Gridref: ST 62766 71213   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 1/10

It hasn't improved! reached from the lane, through some brambles on a clear day you can see a fence! Lots of fly tipping and rubble One to cross off and move on quickly!

Through the jungle....
FB
Top

21st Jul 2007  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

vgc, no cap or plug, BSM style FB. S side of track behind houses, just outside palisade fencing belonging to ?school. FB was buried in rubble; some pruning needed before I could get in to clear it. Easiest access from NE: track leads W, passes garages then N and E to trig.

18th Apr 2007  12:41  by Hartryggers

Gridref: ST 62800 71200   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 1/10

Parked in Belroyal Avenue on a bend in the road by a footpath that takes you round the back of the housing estate. What a mess, flush bracket burried beneath rubble tried to excavate with no success

Best attempt at exposing the flush bracket

21st Feb 2007  21:02  by captain gore-tex

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 0/10

real pile of poo. Easy access but no plug, FB burried with junk and all in all just another number.

rubbish..................... ©captain gore-tex

1st Apr 2006  11:23  by Glaslyn

Gridref: ST 62760 71200   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 2/10

Grotty spot behind houses,dumping ground ,glad to leave ,let them live in the mess they make if they like it .

©Glaslyn

9th Oct 2005  12:50  by mickandshane

FB Number: 3367  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Turn up Belroyal Avenue just after the police station if coming from the east. Take the footpath on the corner and then walk up behind the back gardens of the houses to the trig. Pillar is on south side of track with FB facing east. Lawnmower and other debris still evident. Plug missing.

12th Jan 2005  15:40  by rhayader_wanderer

Gridref: ST 62760 71213   FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Work wasn't in vain the bracket was still visible (photo to follow) considering location was in good condition. limited view though

23rd Oct 2003  15:30  by maurice

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Pillar is in hedge bordering a service lane. Had to move an old lawn mower and other fly tipped material to read flush bracket number

10th Aug 1983  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S3367  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

White pillar just outside grounds of school - behind nicely painted fence.