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On the afternoon of 24 November 1940, 148 aircraft of the Luftwaffe left airfields in Northern France heading for Bristol. The concentration point was to be the City Docks, and their objective was to destroy Bristol's industry and port facilities. 135 aircraft reached the target area, and dropped 156,250 kg (344,470 lb) of high explosives, 4,750 kg (10,470 lb) of oil bombs and 12,500 incendiaries.
There are small formal gardens around St Peter's church, which is maintained as a war memorial. Bristol City Council has confirmed its intention to redevelop the area around St Mary-le-Port church. The project area includes a part of Castle Park to the west of St Peter's Church. [5] To the west of the city centre lie Berkeley Square and Brandon ...
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] The original central area, near the bridge and castle, is now a park featuring two bombed-out churches and fragments of the castle. A third bombed church has been given ...
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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.
Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council have carried out targeted ... violent during a Bristol city-centre demonstration on 3 August. ... counter-protest group gathered near Castle Park, ...
Castle Park View is a 26-storey high-rise in Bristol, England. Completed in 2022, the development occupies the site of the former Central Ambulance Station at the corner of Castle Street and Tower Hill and was proposed in 2017, with work starting in 2019.
Castle Park View: 98 26 2022 Residential Castle Park: 2 Soapworks 81 21 2024 Residential Old Market: The image is a former soap factory forming part of the development. 3= Castlemead: 80 19 1981 Office Castle Park: 3= St. Mary Redcliffe: 80 3 1442 Religion Redcliffe: Previous tallest building in Bristol between 1442-1446, until the tower ...