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  2. Llandoger Trow - Wikipedia

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    A trow was a flat-bottomed barge, and Llandogo is a village 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Bristol, across the Severn Estuary and upstream on the River Wye in South Wales, where trows were once built. Trows historically sailed to trade in Bristol from Llandogo. The pub was named by Captain Hawkins, a sailor who lived in Llandogo and ran the pub ...

  3. Things To Do: Historic Bristol house tours; new FRACC art ...

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    The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is holding its House Tour 2024 on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tour 12 private houses in historic Bristol, spanning 300 years of ...

  4. Ashton Court - Wikipedia

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    It includes two pitch-and-putt golf courses, a disc golf course, an orienteering course and horse riding and mountain bike trails. [44] Bristol's weekly parkrun event (a free, timed 5 km run organised by volunteers) is held at Ashton Court. [45] There is a deer park which was started in the 14th century and extended in the 16th and 17th ...

  5. Culture in Bristol - Wikipedia

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    The University of Bristol Drama Department offers undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in performance and screen studies. [17] The University of the West of England offers undergraduate and post-graduate drama and film programmes. [18] Circomedia is a training school for circus and physical theatre skills offering foundation degrees and BTEC ...

  6. Bristol Troubadour Club - Wikipedia

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    The Bristol Troubadour Club was a short lived but influential club in the thriving contemporary folk music scene in Bristol in the late 1960s and early 1970s, It was located in Clifton village, the student quarter above the city centre. The club was considered by some as the liveliest and most creative outside London.

  7. Blaise Castle Estate - Wikipedia

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    The estate was sold to Bristol City Council in 1926, to preserve it from development. [20] During World War II the house was occupied by the armed forces. [9] A branch of the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery since 1949, Blaise Castle House now features collections relating to household items in addition to its period interior decoration. [20]

  8. Bristol - Wikipedia

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    Bristol is the second largest city in Southern England, after the capital London. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th ...

  9. Stokes Croft - Wikipedia

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    In 2007 the mural was voted Alternative Landmark of Bristol. [16] The attraction of Stokes Croft has brought up property prices in the area, with a typical terraced house costing around £250,000 – £350,000. [17] A 2015 report in The Sunday Times suggested that Stokes Croft was one of the best urban areas to live in the South West. [18]