Snuff Mills

If you’re not a fan of dogs I wouldn’t recommend coming here. However, if you fancy a walk through the trees and fields and seeing many a pooch there is no better place. Great place to take kids, lots of areas with shallow water to paddle in, and very shady so not too hot during the summer months.

I really like snuff Mills, Great for running, walking the dog or taking children for a walk and to explore.
A large car park can be found although this does get extremely busy at times, there is a small café kisok with is cool as you can get drinks, sandwiches etc.
Not much for me to write here, its definitely worth a vist, again another part of Bristol witch can be found in a great location, Its on are doorstep again. Enjoy the wildlife and flowing river, even take yourself of the beaten track with the kids for a little bit of exploring.

We are definitely spoilt for lush green spaces and beautiful walks in Bristol and this is one of my favourite.
There is a large carpark and café at the entrance, the café is more of hatch selling sandwiches, ice creams and drinks so nothing to get excited about, but serves its purpose for a hot drink on a cold day or ice cream in the summer.
You then enter passed the old mill and some gardens tendered by volunteers which are beautiful in the summer.
You then come to the beautiful wooded walk along the River Frome. It’s one of those walks that changes throughout the seasons and high/​low tides but is always lovely. Wellies are definitely recommended during the autumn and winter months as it gets very muddy and I’ve even know it to flood entirely but that all adds to the fun.
You can also take a path up to Oldbury court where you have lovely meadows, sports fields and a huge children’s play park.
It really does have everything!

Tucked away from the fast Broomhill Road traffic is an amazing river walk. Allow me to walk you through it…
Start off by turning (slowly — its very narrow) into River View. Notice that number 11 in this street is actually a church! Then there is a large free car park just here. At the entrance to the car park is a handy tea and snack shack which has seats out front but also if you nip behind the hedge you will find seats overlooking the River Frome which catch the morning sun. The shack has a resident scruffy terrier who patrols the car park off leash so please drive slowly here as well — he is very friendly so don’t worry about him approaching your dog.
You then walk down to the actual mill of its name. You can read a bit more about it with the notices — apparently named after the owner whose nickname was Snuffy Jack. The gardens here are newly planted and tended so you will see signs to keep your dog on lead through these bits but you can let them off when you get to the mill. The water goes over a weir and can look very pretty all year round.
The walk then splits to high and low ground following the river until you get to a narrow bridge which connects this to the bottom of Vassell’s Park. You can follow the river along right to Downend or you can go up towards Fishponds from here.
Very popular on a weekend when the weather is nice, the paved walk is also hot with joggers in the early morning and evening. There will be a lot of dogs here at any time as well. They have waste bins by the car park.
There is a very active Action Group looking after the whole of this area worth keeping tabs on