first children's centres, officially opened on 1 July 2006, as well as a small, indoor, heated swimming pool and an active PTA. Trivia The Pill Ferry has been immortalised in the 2013 book by Shirehampton author, Mark Jones (writing as Philippa Perry), Tabitha Miggins: Ship's Cat (On the Pill Ferry). The book mentions the hobblers, Pill pilots and various of Pill's public houses, most especially The Duke of Cornwall, which overlooks the old ferry slipway. Bristol-based entertainer, the late Adge Cutler, wrote a song about Pill, which is still sung by his group The Wurzels. Ham Green Hospital In 1894 Bristol Council purchased Ham Green House, a large country house with land at Ham Green for use as an isolation hospital, to replace a hospital ship (Margareda) moored in the Port of Bristol. It opened as a hospital in 1899 with 76 beds and was periodically expanded, by 1950 it had 500 beds available for TB patients alone. In 1978 it was selected as the 'Regional Infectious & Exotic Diseases Unit', covering the whole of SW England and parts of S Wales. It was largely closed in the 1990s. Bristol Archives holds records of Ham Green Hospital (and its predecessor institutions) including medical officers' records, letter books, patient lists and patient registers (Ref. 38224) (online catalogue). The original Ham Green House is now the home of Penny Brohn Cancer Care, much of the rest of the site was redeveloped for housing and the Eden Office Park. Notable individuals Hicks Withers-Lancashire References External links North Somerset Council St Katherine's School Portishead Railway Group Tabitha Miggins: Ship's Cat (On the Pill Ferry) – Philippa Perry's recent book, which is based (mostly) in Pill Villages in North Somerset Ports and harbours of Somerset