Harbourside Kitchen on Brunel Square, has closed down for a refurbishment from today (May 19). The restaurant sits alongside Brunel’s iconic SS Great Britain and offers superb views across ...

address: ss Great Britain, Great Western Dockyard, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol BS1 6TY: tel: 24 Information Line - 0117 929 1843 Office/ bookings - 0117 926 0680 ...

Matthew Tanner, from the ss Great Britain Trust, said it was his "vision and his money that made it happen". Sir Jack got involved soon after buying Lundy Island for the National Trust. 'Ordinary ...

Brunel’s SS Great Britain is a ship, but not, it's so much more than that and the team behind it are making it known to Bristolians that it's not just a tourist attraction.

She was bought and converted to a steam-powered clipper and worked for many years between Britain and Australia. In 1970, the hull was brought back from the Falklands, and the ship, now fully restored ...

On the 40th anniversary of its return to Bristol, those who helped bring the SS Great Britain home to Bristol and then restored to its former glory with a little help from the Duke of Edinburgh.

The SS Great Britain Trust is letting history lovers ‘adopt’ artefacts—including Brunel’s last cigar. Share. by Lewis Clarke; 09:00, 14 Feb 2025; See news near you.

Archaeologists have located the exact position where the SS Great Britain was grounded for nearly a year during her fifth voyage to New York in 1846.

Originally, SS specifically referred to single-screw steamships, a specific type of steamship fitted with one propeller. SS Great Britain , launched in 1843 , is a notable historical example. Over ...

Painting. [SS Great Britain] / J. Walter, c1847. Oil on canvas; 62x92cm in frame, 88x113x6.5cm. Signed bl. Portrait of the 3500-tons, iron screw steam ship Great Britain (1843), when beached ashore, ...

The SS Great Eastern is back in Montauk after 151 years! In model form, that is, at the Montauk Lighthouse. The Great Eastern, the largest ship ever built at the time, was nearly 700 feet long, with ...