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Ashley Down is a residential neighbourhood in the north of Bristol, England. It lies on high ground east of Bishopston, north of St Andrews and St Werburghs, west of Muller Road and south of Horfield. The main artery is Ashley Down Road. It is in the Bishopston and Ashley Down electoral ward of Bristol City Council.
The ward covers all of Ashley Down as well as parts of Bishopston and Horfield. Notable places in the ward include Gloucester Road, Bristol County Ground, HMP Bristol, City of Bristol College (Ashley Down Centre) and Memorial Stadium. [4] Bishopston and Ashley Down has a greater than average number of young people living in the ward.
Ashley Down railway station is a railway station in Bristol, serving the Ashley Down area. [1] It opened on 28 September 2024. [2]The West of England Combined Authority planned to open a new railway station on the site of the disused Ashley Hill railway station which closed in 1964, as part of the MetroWest scheme. [3]
Ashley Hill railway station was a railway station serving the area of Ashley Down in the north of Bristol, England.It was located on what is now known as Filton Bank.It was served by stopping trains to Severn Beach (via Pilning), Avonmouth (via Chittening) and Swindon (via Badminton).
Ashley contains the neighbourhoods of Montpelier, St Andrews, St Paul's and St Werburgh's, along with parts of Baptist Mills and Stokes Croft.Its southern boundary is Bristol's inner ring road; the south-eastern boundary is the M32 motorway and its extension, Newfoundland Road; to the north-east it is Filton Bank railway; and to the west is the A38 road (Stokes Croft, Cheltenham Road and ...
Originally the railway was promoted by the Bristol Port Railway and Pier Company, incorporated under the Bristol Port, Railway and Pier Act 1862 of 17 June 1862. In 1871 the railway was transferred to the Great Western and Midland railway companies jointly, under the Great Western and Midland Railway Companies (Clifton and Bristol) Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. xi) of 25 May 1871, and the Midland ...
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In March 2023 construction work began on Ashley Down station, which, along with Filton Abbey Wood and new stations at North Filton and Henbury, will serve a planned new route along part of the Henbury Loop Line. [13] The new Ashley Down station opened to passenger traffic on 28 September 2024. [14]