Many years ago, and I’m really talking of millions, or certainly lots of thousands of years ago, it is thought that Nailsea was an inland island, because apparently the estuary of the River Avon circulated around the area before cutting it's way through the Clifton Gorge, or something like that. It all seems a bit far fetched to me, but that is how it got its name – island in the sea, translates to Nailsea - according to an article I read recently, well yesterday actually in a local ‘CAMERA’ magazine. Anyway, this must have been one of the more interesting and enviable properties that I have seen for many a year, and you won’t often hear me saying that! Although it is only a few years old, the builder, who ever he was could rightly be pleased, very pleased with his work. Despite being close to a known past coal mining area, there was no suggestion of any damage due to those past activities, so my Client can happily move in and watch the ‘allotmenteers’ going peaceably about their work…   more »