Albion Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. Dry dock.

Albion Dock

WRENN ID
roaming-pilaster-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 December 1994
Type
Dry dock
Address
Albion Dock, Floating Harbour
OS grid reference
ST 577 723
Coordinates
51.44885, -2.60961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Albion Dock is a dry dock built in 1820 for Hillhouse, Sons and Co. It is constructed from pennant rubble and squared ashlar. The dock has a round-ended shape with four steps along the sides, each featuring two flights of steps leading down, and includes caisson lock gates. Historically, it was known as the New Dockyard until it was renamed in 1848 after the company became Charles Hill and Sons. Albion Dock was the largest dock in the port, where some of Bristol's largest ships were built. It is part of a group with the Great Western Dry Dock and is one of the last remaining structures linked to the city's shipbuilding history.

Local climate

Albion Dock receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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