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In 2023, Premier Inn owner Whitbread announced proposals to close the hotel and demolish the building. A new development on the site would consist of a 28-storey building and an 18 storey building. The 28-storey building would be the tallest in Bristol if constructed. [12] [13] Planning permission for the new development was granted in March ...
Bristol is the largest city in South West England and one of the 11 'Core Cities' in the United Kingdom. [1] Currently, the tallest building in Bristol is Castle Park View at 98 metres, and has held the record since topping out in November 2020. [2] The tallest structure in Bristol is a wind turbine in Lawrence Weston, at 150 m.
Cabot Circus is a covered shopping centre in Bristol, England. It is adjacent to Broadmead , a shopping district in Bristol City Centre . The Cabot Circus development area contains shops, offices, a hotel, 250 apartments and a cinema (currently vacant, soon to be Odeon ). [ 2 ]
Premier Inn Limited is a British limited service hotel chain and the UK's largest hotel brand, with more than 800 hotels, with over 72,000 rooms. It operates hotels in a variety of locations including city centres, suburbs and airports, competing with the likes of Travelodge and Ibis hotels.
[23] [24] On 26 May 2020, Premier Inn’s parent company, the Whitbread Group, announced that they had secured planning permission to re-build, reusing the old building’s footprint but with an additional storey for a below-ground car park. [25] Construction work on the new building had started, and was completed in 2021.
Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon's Hill, [1] [2] [3] is a hill close to Bristol city centre, between the districts of Clifton and Hotwells, in south west England.. At the summit is the Cabot Tower, opened in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's voyage from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497.
New Inn (Main Hotel) (1911-1912) The main hotel is a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story structure with a gambrel roof, fronted by a two-story portico with Tuscan columns. Casino/Dance Pavilion (1908) The casino is a rectangular, one-and-one-half-story structure with a high, gable roof surrounded by verandas.
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 ...