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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 ...
It therefore supports around 112,000 jobs, far higher than any other ward in the city. Central ward also records the highest crime rate in Bristol, with 476.6 crimes per 1,000 resident population in 2022-23 (compared to a Bristol average of 113.8). [4] Central ward had a resident population of 18,390 in the 2021 United Kingdom census. Of these ...
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 ...
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.
The Centre is a public open space in the central area of Bristol, England, created by covering over the River Frome. [1] The northern end of The Centre, known as Magpie Park, is skirted on its western edge by Colston Avenue; [2] the southern end is a larger paved area bounded by St Augustine's Parade to the west, Broad Quay the east, and St Augustine's Reach (part of the Floating Harbour) to ...
Wine Street was for centuries an important shopping street but, following wartime destruction and the decision to move Bristol's main shopping area to Broadmead, it now contains little notable architecture and acts as barrier between the Old City and Castle Park. Bristol City Council are now seeking to repair this by redeveloping the area. [2]
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.