Brunel Between the Lines
Written by Sam Harris for a University West of England placement, this article was inspired by several visits to the Brunel Institute and Clifton Suspension…
Brunel in Bristol Trail
The Bridging Bristol: Shaping a City map was designed to reveal lesser-known information about the built environment in the Harbourside area of the city. The…
Design and Colour
Can you design a new hat for Brunel? Or a new bridge for over the Gorge? Here are some of our favourites designed by some…
How was the Bridge Completed?
Following the death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1859, the Clifton Suspension Bridge was completed by the engineers John Hawkshaw and William Henry Barlow. Although…
Did Sarah Guppy Design the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Sarah Guppy (1770-1852) was an English inventor, wife of a Bristol industrialist and the mother of Thomas Guppy, who worked with Isambard Kingdom Brunel on…
Who’s Who
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was not the only person who had an important role to play in the design and construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.…
Hieroglyph Challenge
Did you know that Brunel’s original design for the bridge was decorated with cast-iron hieroglyphs that would tell the story of its construction? Unfortunately, this…
Brunel’s Suspended Traveller
To help workmen cross the gorge while the bridge was under construction, Brunel designed the ‘suspended traveller’, a basket car which hung from an iron…
