Easton is a diverse, densely settled inner-city neighbourhood east of the city centre, along the Frome valley corridor and the old Great Western Railway embankment. The river Frome, with its himalayan balsam, willow and alder, runs through the neighbourhood; the Lawrence Hill allotments, the Eastville Park lime avenue and the remnant orchard gardens of the older Victorian terraces give city bees a varied midsummer flow close to the city heart.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the allotment hedges and fruit trees of the Lawrence Hill and Stapleton Road gardens, in the himalayan balsam and willow of the Frome corridor at Greenbank and Snuff Mills, in the mature plane and lime trees of the Eastville Park boundary, and in the chimney pots and roof voids of the Victorian terrace housing of St Mark's Road and Stapleton Road.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
BS1 4QS· approx. 2 km
Visit websitebs313ep· approx. 10 km
Visit websiteBA2 9JA· approx. 13 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
The early flow rides on blackthorn, cherry plum and hawthorn in Ashton Court and the Downs. The lime avenues of Clifton, Redland and central Bristol produce a classic urban June crop. Ashton Court oaks and sweet chestnut contribute; bramble blankets the Avon Gorge and the old rail corridors of the harbour. Rosebay willowherb and buddleia pick up the post-industrial brownfield; ivy on the high garden walls of Victorian terraces closes the year. Himalayan balsam along the Frome is a summer supplement.
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