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Bristol city centre is the commercial, cultural and business centre of Bristol, England.It is the area north of the New Cut of the River Avon, bounded by Clifton Wood and Clifton to the north-west, Kingsdown and Cotham to the north, and St Pauls, Lawrence Hill and St Phillip's Marsh to the east.
The Centre is a public open space in the central area of Bristol, England, created by covering over the River Frome. [1] The northern end of The Centre, known as Magpie Park, is skirted on its western edge by Colston Avenue; [2] the southern end is a larger paved area bounded by St Augustine's Parade to the west, Broad Quay the east, and St Augustine's Reach (part of the Floating Harbour) to ...
The statue of Edward Colston is a bronze statue of Bristol-born merchant and trans-Atlantic slave trader Edward Colston (1636–1721). It was created in 1895 by the Irish sculptor John Cassidy and was formerly situated on a plinth of Portland stone in a public space known as The Centre in Bristol, until it was toppled by anti-racism protestors in 2020.
A nineteenth-century view of 1–5, King Street by Samuel Loxton. King Street is a 17th-century street in the historic city centre of Bristol, England.. The street lies just south of the old town wall and was laid out in 1650 to develop the Town Marsh, the area then lying between the south or Marsh Wall and the Avon.
Queen Square is a 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres) Georgian square in the centre of Bristol, England. [1] Following the 1831 riot, Queen Square declined through the latter part of the 19th century, was threatened with a main line railway station, but then bisected by a dual carriageway in the 1930s.
As a centre of aircraft manufacturing, Bristol was a target for bombing during the Bristol Blitz of World War II. [95] Bristol's city centre was severely damaged, especially in November and December 1940, when the Broadmead area was flattened, and Hitler claimed to have destroyed the city. [96]
Old Market is a Conservation Area of national significance, to the east of the city centre in Bristol, England. [1] Old Market Street and West Street form the central axis of the area, which is approximately bounded by New Street and Lawfords Gate to the north, Trinity Road and Trinity Street to the east, Unity Street and Waterloo Road to the south and Temple Way Underpass to the west.
Stokes Croft is a road in Bristol, England.It is part of the A38, a main road north of the city centre.Locals refer to the area around the road by the same name. The road became a centre of industry during the mid-19th century, including the Carriage Works.