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The M5 at Avonmouth

Figure 1 Extract from OS map of Bristol, with area shown in photograph indicated

This landscape is dominated by part of our motorway system. On closer inspection there are some other interesting features. The Ordnance Survey (OS) extract in Figure 1 shows the area covered by the photograph. Use it to identify the following features of the landscape.

The M5 motorway has come south from Birmingham. After connecting with the M4 (London to South Wales), it passes to the west of Bristol on its way across Somerset and eventually to Exeter.

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