Westbury-on-Trym is a historic village-suburb in north Bristol, with a medieval collegiate church and the wooded Trym valley running through it, close to Blaise Castle Estate and the old orchard country of the Bristol–Gloucestershire fringe. The Bristol BKA covers the area, and the surrounding landscape — the ancient woodland and meadow margins of Blaise Castle, the Trym riverside willows and alder carrs, the old walled gardens of the Victorian villa fringe and the mixed-use greenbelt land north towards Henbury and Brentry — gives local bees a productive and surprisingly rural north-Bristol season.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the older garden remnants and lime trees of the High Street and Canford Lane conservation areas, along the Trym riverside willows and alder carrs at Blaise Castle and Lawrence Weston, in the ancient woodland and orchard remnants of the Blaise Castle estate, and in the chimney stacks and eaves of the older Victorian and Edwardian villa properties.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
BS1 4QS· approx. 5 km
Visit websiteBS32 4PG· approx. 11 km
Visit websitebs313ep· approx. 15 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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