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Standing near the top of Park Street on Queens Road, [6] it is a landmark building of the University of Bristol that currently houses the School of Law and the Department of Earth Sciences, as well as the Law and Earth Sciences libraries. [7] It is the fourth highest structure in Bristol, standing at 215 ft (65.5 m). [8]
An engraving of the Victoria Rooms from c.1845 showing carriages using the sloping ramps. The Victoria Rooms, also known colloquially as the Vic Rooms, [1] are situated at the junction of Queen's Road and Whiteladies Road, in Clifton, Bristol, "occupying one of the finest sites in Clifton," according to a 1906 visitor's guide. [2]
The Winston Theatre was built in the 1960s as part of the Students' Union building on Queens Road in Clifton, Bristol.The Union moved to this new location in 1965 from the Victoria Rooms, as a larger premises due to the large expansion of the University and increase in undergraduate numbers.
The Holmes and part of the University of Bristol Botanic Garden. Hiatt Baker is named after the eminent biologist Hiatt Cowles Baker. H.C. Baker came from a 19th-century rags-to-riches story. His father, William M. Baker, started out bankrupt and destitute, moving to Bristol to find his fortune.
The union was originally housed in the grand Victoria Rooms on the corner of Queen's Road and Whiteladies Road. [8] Today this building houses the University of Bristol's music department. The union is now a multi-site organisation, with spaces in Senate House and the Richmond Building, Queens Road, Clifton.
The University of Bristol Students' Union (Bristol SU) located on Queen's Road in the Richmond Building is a founding member of the National Union of Students and is amongst the oldest students' unions in England. The union oversees three media outlets: UBTV, the Bristol University Radio Station and the student newspaper Epigram.
University College, Bristol at 11 Park Street. This photograph was taken in 1874. University College, Bristol was an educational institution which existed from 1876 to 1909. [1] It was the predecessor institution to the University of Bristol, which gained a royal charter in 1909. [2]
The SGS Clifton Campus is located at Bristol Zoo Gardens, Clifton, Bristol. The Clifton campus offers two degree courses in Zoological Management and Conservation. Bristol Zoo Gardens, run by the Bristol Zoological Charity, opened in 1836 and was the fifth oldest zoo in the world, before its closure to the public on September 3rd 2022.