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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 ...
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 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.
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The weather stations nearest Bristol for which long-term climate data are available are Long Ashton (about 5 mi (8 km) south west of the city centre) and Bristol Weather Station, in the city centre. Data collection at these locations ended in 2002 and 2001, respectively, and following the closure of Filton Airfield, Almondsbury is the nearest ...
English: Northern end of The Centre, Bristol, showing Cenotaph and statue of slave trader and local philanthropist Edward Colston following MetroBus-funded public realm improvements, March 2018. Date 25 March 2018, 14:37:07
The Old Vic. The city's principal theatre company, the Bristol Old Vic, was founded in 1946 as an offshoot of The Old Vic company in London. Its premises on King Street consist of the 1766 Theatre Royal (400 seats), a modern studio theatre (150 seats), and foyer and bar areas in the adjacent Coopers' Hall (built 1743).