Foodie favourite Cargo shipping containers to stay for two more years

THE cargo shipping containers at popular Bristol foodie destination Wapping Wharf will remain for at least two more years, it has been confirmed.

- Ellie KENDALL

The shipping containers at the Harbourside location were only ever supposed to be a temporary destination, before being replaced by a permanent stylish development containing many more restaurants, bars and businesses.

It's already been two years since initial plans were submitted for the work and now the developers behind the project have confirmed that it’s still a long way off, with shipping container businesses set to remain in these structures for at least another two years.

The Cargo venue, with its shipping containers full of restaurants and bars and other independent businesses, as it currently stands, has been described by the likes of food critic and MasterChef alumni Grace Dent as being a 'true independent food destination in its own right' and the 'Bristol Riviera'

Despite it really being a temporary structure, she went on to say: "To my mind, Wapping Wharf has gone from strength to strength in recent years, and no longer feels at all like one of those novelty 'box parks' that have about them a heavy whiff of the edgy temporary fixture."

But with that in mind, many have been wondering for some time if plans to transform the space into a more permanent destination are still going ahead.

Stuart Hatton, managing director of Wapping Wharf owners and developers Umberslade, told the Post: “We are still keen to go ahead with the final phases of development at Wapping Wharf North, which will provide high-quality places for people to live, work and unwind, together with permanent new homes for our independent Cargo businesses.