WATER COOLERS BRISTOL, SOMERSET

Looking for Water Coolers Bristol? We deliver and install water coolers and water boilers to Bristol and many other parts of Somerset. If your office, school or workplace is in Bristol and you are looking for water coolers or water boilers then you can get directly in touch with our main office, located in Wiltshire. You will be directly put through to Andrew, Managing Director of our Wiltshire branch. Andrew can give you the guidance and advice you may need to choose the right system for your requirements. Furthermore, with Andrew being local to you he will be able to personally install your system for you!

Venture over to our contact page HERE where you can find a phone number and contact form where you can contact Andrew.

Finally, you may also be interested to find out more about our Filter change and sanitisation programme. This is a special service only for Active Water cooler customers. Find out more HERE

Bristol is a city as well as a county in the South West. The city lies between Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. South Wales is on the opposite side of the Severn estuary to Bristol. With an urban area population of 724,000 makes Bristol the 8th-largest in the UK.

Originally Bristol started life as a village called Brigg Stow, the name Brigg Stow is thought to come from the old Saxon language, meaning the meeting point at the bridge. At some point a wooden bridge was erected across the River Avon. The bridge was used as a place where people met and a village grew around it. Over time the name Brigg Stow changed to what we now know as Bristol.

Because of Bristol’s position on the River Avon, it has been an important location for marine trade for centuries. However Bristol has a brutal and shameful past in the slavery of people from Africa. In the 18th century goods from Bristol such as iron goods, woolen cloth and brass were traded to the Africans in return for slaves. The slaves were then transported on ships to the West Indies of North America and sold. The ships then return to Bristol with tobacco, sugar and rum. So the trade formed a triangle. The city’s slave trade peaked between 1730 and 1745, when it became the leading slaving port. Also in the 18th century timber was imported to Bristol from Scandinavia, mainly used for shipbuilding.

One of Bristol’s most famous sons, Isambard Kingdom Brunel with his feats of engineering soon stretched to the city’s waterways. It was Brunel who played a major role in the cutting-edge design and construction of the floating harbour, which is still in use to this very day. This new lock system trapped water in the city’s central harbour and allowed ships and boats to stay afloat without being affected by the changing tides. Brunel’s Great Western steamship was constructed in the city’s  harbour and was launched in 1837. It was on this launch that she became the first of Brunel’s passenger ships to travel between England and New York. Another one of his famous steamships was the majestic SS Great Britain, which was the first iron-hulled, propeller-driven ship to cross the Atlantic. Built in Bristol and launched in 1843, this magnificent ship made voyages to New York and Australia and was used as a freight and cargo ship during the Crimean war.

Bristol was linked with London by rail in 1841. It was connected to Exeter in 1844 and then Plymouth in 1848. The Clifton suspension bridge was constructed in 1864. After 1874 horse drawn trams ran through the streets of Bristol. In 1895 the first electric trams began running.

During the Second World War, 1,299 people in Bristol were killed by German bombing. Around 3,000 buildings and homes were destroyed and 90,000 were damaged. Post war after 1945 the council built numerous new houses on the outskirts of Bristol to replace them.

Bristol’s road infrastructure changed radically during the 1960s and 1970s with the construction of the M4 and M5 motorways, which meet at the Almondsbury Interchange just north of the city and linked Bristol with London (M4 eastbound), Swansea (M4 westbound across the Severn Estuary), Exeter (M5 southbound) and Birmingham (M5 northbound).

Today Bristol is all about the ‘Bs’: Brunel, boats, bridges, bikes and beautiful countryside. Everywhere you turn there is something remarkable to see and do in Bristol. The city is steeped in history and our historical and heritage sites, like Bristol Cathedral and the Lord Mayor’s Chapel, are not to be missed. Shopping at The new Cabot Circus has everything to offer for the ultimate shopping experience. If you’re looking for things to do with the family then we guarantee that Bristol will tire the children out with so many amazing things to do.