sport.wikisort.org - StadiumThe Downs are an area of public open limestone downland in Bristol, England. They consist of Durdham Down to the north and east and Clifton Down to the south, separated by Stoke Road.
The Downs |
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Type | public open space |
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Location | Bristol, England |
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Coordinates | 51°28′N 2°38′W |
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Area | 412 acres (1.7 km2) |
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Status | open all year |
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Location of The Downs in Bristol
Durdham Down
Main article: Durdham Down
Durdham Down is the north and east part of the Downs, extending to Westbury Park and Henleaze, with an area of 85 hectares (210 acres).[1] It is owned by Bristol City Council for the benefit of the people of Bristol.
Clifton Down
Main article: Clifton Down
Clifton Down is the part of the Downs southwest of the southern part of Stoke Road, between Sneyd Park and Clifton and extending to the edge of the Avon Gorge, with an area of 82 hectares (202 acres).[1] It is owned by the Society of Merchant Venturers.
Management
Since an Act of Parliament in 1861, when Bristol Corporation acquired Durdham Down, the Downs have been managed as a single unit by the Downs Committee, a joint committee of the corporation and the Merchant Venturers.[2][3] They have been designated common land since the early 1970s by Bristol City Council.[1]
Background
They are used for leisure, walking, team sports and sightseeing (especially at the Avon Gorge cliff edge). There are permanent football pitches, used by the Bristol Downs Football League. There are also temporary attractions on the Downs, such as circuses and the annual Bristol Flower Show.
A grey concrete water tower of 1954 stands on the Downs near the top of Blackboy Hill, with a long, low, covered reservoir alongside it.
In 1982 6,000 people assembled on the Downs in response to a local newspaper advertisement placed by the makers of the new breakfast television show TV-am. The 6,000 people were used to make the words 'Good', 'Morning' and 'Britain', used for the opening titles of the show. It took 2 hours to get them into place and another 2 hours to shoot.
Since 2016 it has been the site of The Downs Festival, an annual music festival with both local and nationally known bands attending.
In popular culture
The Downs played a significant role in Jack Thorne's 2018 Channel 4 mini-series Kiri.[4]
Gallery
The Observatory on Clifton Down gives a dramatic view of the Avon Gorge
Kites on the Downs in early autumn
The Avon Gorge from the Downs
References
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External links
Culture in Bristol |
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Venues | |
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Festivals |
- Afrika Eye
- Bristol Festival of Ideas
- Bristol Harbour Festival
- Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
- Bristol Shakespeare Festival
- Festival of Nature
- Kite Festival
- Pride Bristol
- Slapstick Festival
- St Pauls Carnival
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Museums, galleries, archives and public art | |
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Parks & Open Spaces |
- Parks of Bristol
- Ashton Court
- Blaise Castle
- Brandon Hill
- Castle Park
- College Green
- The Downs
- Eastville Park
- Kings Weston Hill
- Lamplighters Marsh
- Redland Green
- Oldbury Court Estate
- Queen Square
- Snuff Mills
- South Purdown
- St George's Park
- Stoke Park
- Victoria Park
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Churches |
- All Saints' Church
- Bristol Cathedral
- Bristol Community Church
- Broadmead Baptist Church
- Buckingham Baptist Chapel
- Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne
- Christ Church, Clifton Down
- Christ Church with St Ewen
- Church of All Saints
- Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells
- Church of Holy Trinity, Stapleton
- Church of the Holy Trinity with St Edmund
- Church of St John the Baptist
- City Road Baptist Church
- Cotham Church
- Counterslip Baptist Church
- Clifton Cathedral
- Crofts End Church
- John Wesley's New Room
- Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood
- Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym
- Horfield United Reformed Church
- Hope Chapel
- Lewin's Mead Unitarian meeting house
- Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Apostles
- St Mary Redcliffe
- Redland Chapel
- St. Augustine's Church, Whitchurch
- St Augustine the Less Church
- St George's Church
- St James' Presbyterian
- St James' Priory
- St John the Baptist
- St Luke's Church
- St Mark's Church
- St Mary le Port Church
- St Mary on the Quay
- St Mary's Church, Henbury
- St Matthew's Church
- St Michael on the Mount Without
- St Nicholas
- St Paul's Church
- St Paul's, Clifton
- St Peter and St Paul
- St Peter's Church, Bishopsworth
- St Peter's Church, Castle Park
- St Philip and St Jacob
- St Stephen's Church
- St Thomas the Martyr
- St Werburgh's Church
- Temple Church
- Trinity Centre
- Tyndale Baptist Church
- Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood
- Woodlands Christian Centre
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Pubs |
- Black Castle
- The Lido
- Hatchet Inn
- King William Ale House
- Llandoger Trow
- Mauretania, Bristol
- Nova Scotia
- Old Post Office
- Palace Hotel
- Printers Devil
- Pump House
- Seven Stars
- Shakespeare Inn
- The Shakespeare
- Stag and Hounds
- The Coronation Tap
- The Crown
- The Famous Royal Naval Volunteer
- The Old Duke
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Former attractions |
- Ashton Court Festival
- Bierkeller Theatre
- British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
- Bristol Industrial Museum
- Jacobs Well Theatre
- Redcliffe Hall
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