The transformation today is actually more radical than when the Floating Harbour was first constructed because then it was all about enhancing and developing the traditional functions of a port. Now it's about reinventing (the harbour) as a completely different kind of space......cargo liners, tramp steamers and lighters have given way to yachts, launches and houseboats.

Peter Malpass 2009.

Since 1975, the harbour has undergone a massive transformation.

Bars, restaurants and an arts complex now line the area known today as Bordeaux Quay - formerly St Augustine's Reach - where a collection of four warehouses had stood since the 1890s. The entire area from Canons' Marsh to Hotwells, from Princes Wharf to Cumberland Basin, and all along the Backs has been developed.

Buildings once associated with a working port have been transformed into apartment blocks, houses, offices, hotels, bars, restaurants and museums.