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Clifton has a long history of natural history television programming and global conservation, due to the presence of the former Bristol Zoo in the north of the neighbourhood, and the BBC Natural History Unit on Whiteladies Road, which means that more than 25% of the world's wildlife programmes are made in Bristol. [9]
Clifton Observatory (grid reference) is a former mill, now used as an observatory, located on Clifton Down, close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England. History [ edit ]
Bristol harbour has played a prominent role in the history of Bristol. Bristol Harbour, ... Clifton in 1858 [96] and Clifton College was established in 1862. [97]
The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset. Since opening in 1864, it has been a toll bridge , the income from which provides funds for its maintenance.
The Clifton Rocks Railway ran from a lower station just beyond the furthest buildings at river level, through a tunnel to an upper station at bridge level. The Clifton Rocks Railway was an underground funicular in Bristol, England, linking Clifton at the top to Hotwells and Bristol Harbour at the bottom of the Avon Gorge in a tunnel cut through ...
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 ...
In 1978, the parish of All Saints Clifton was joined with that of St John's Clifton to form the Parish of All Saints with St. John Clifton. [3] [5] St John's Church was declared redundant in 1980. [3] [6] In March 2013, the parochial church council voted to rescind Resolutions A and B, and to rescind the petition for alternative episcopal ...
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