Crew's Hole, Bristol

Coordinates: 51°27′33″N 2°32′28″W / 51.4592°N 2.5411°W / 51.4592; -2.5411

Crew's Hole
Crew's Hole  Crew's Hole shown within Bristol
OS grid reference	ST625735
Unitary authority	Bristol
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS5
Dialling code	0117
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	Great Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Bristol East
List of places: UK • England • Bristol

Quayside Village now occupies the site of the former tar works at Crew's Hole.

Crew's Hole is located in east Bristol near St George.

From the early 18th century it was an industrial area including oil refineries and a tar works site at the bottom of Troopers Hill.

The tar works was established by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1843 to provide creosote to be used as a preservative for railway sleepers and by 1863 had passed into the ownership of Brunel's manager, William Butler. It continued to operate until 1981.

External links

• Butlers Oil products^{[dead link]}
• Memories of Crew's Hole^{[dead link]}
• Raymond Holland (2002). "History of tar distillation at Crew's Hole". Society of Chemical Industry. 123/2002. http://www.soci.org/Publications/~/media/Files/Conference%20Downloads/Bristol%20Tar%20Distillation%202002/Bristol_tar_distillation_2002.ashx. 
• Map of Crew's Hole circa 1900