The view from Marine Parade in Pill towards the Avon Bridge. In the opposite direction, the walkway runs round to Pill Creek which provides moorings for several small boats. Pill was once the base for Avon pilots (now moved to Avonmouth), the site of a customs station, opened in 1850, and also of the old Pill/Shirehampton ferry. Although sporting Bristol postcodes, Pill is actually in North Somerset.