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Great place to walk or just picnic. Free parking.

Blaise Castle Estate Country Park

Explore the great outdoors at Blaise Castle Estate Country Park, a lovely green space in Bristol. Discover the entertainment choices and shops in this romantic area.

Blaise Castle

You can learn about the history of Bristol with a visit to Blaise Castle. Check out the shops and lively bars in this walkable area.

Pretty botanical gardens, £5 entry. Small Café on site.

University of Bristol Botanic Garden

Explore the lovely green spaces of University of Bristol Botanic Garden and enjoy the golf courses in Bristol. Check out the shops and top-notch restaurants in this walkable area.

The Mall at Cribbs Causeway

During your visit to Almondsbury, you can search for that perfect souvenir at The Mall at Cribbs Causeway. Discover the lively bars and entertainment choices in this walkable area.

Aztec West Business Park

Aztec West Business Park is just one of the places to see in Patchway, so why not enjoy the other things to explore during your travels? While in this family-friendly area, you can savor the top-notch restaurants.

Southmead Hospital

Though Southmead Hospital might be what brings you to town, perhaps you'll have a chance to explore more of Bristol while you are here.

The Wave

Bring the family to The Wave and have a fun-filled day at this amusement park in Almondsbury. While in this family-friendly area, you can savor the top-notch restaurants.

UWE Bristol

Enjoy the collegiate vibe when you visit UWE Bristol, during your trip to Stoke Park and Cheswick. Discover the entertainment choices in this walkable area, or seek out the golf courses.

Bristol Zoo Project

Visit the native and exotic animals who call Bristol Zoo Project home during your trip to Almondsbury. While in this family-friendly area, you can savor the top-notch restaurants.

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Pretty private gardens hidden behind Richmond Terrace. A secret place of trees, flowers and birdsong.

Avonmouth

Avonmouth might not have many top sights, but Noah's Ark Zoo Farm and The Mall at Cribbs Causeway are two attractions nearby that you can check out.

Ardagh Tennis Courts Car Park. The car park for the tennis courts and the access road leading upto Kellaway Avenue, lined by trees..

Horfield

3.5/5(3 area reviews)

Travelers like the restaurants in Horfield, and Memorial Stadium is a top attraction you might want to visit.

Westbury on Trym

When in Westbury on Trym, you can plan a visit to Blaise Castle Estate Country Park and Memorial Stadium, some noteworthy sights in the nearby area.

Avon Gorge looking towards the Clifton Suspension Bridge

Stoke Bishop

Restaurants and monuments are just a few things travelers like about Stoke Bishop. A stop by University of Bristol Botanic Garden is also recommended if you've got time to explore the area.

Henbury

4.5/5(2 area reviews)

Henbury is noteworthy for its restaurants, and you can make a stop at top attractions like Blaise Castle Estate Country Park and Blaise Castle.

Christ Church, Downend, Gloucestershire was built as a chapel of ease to St James, Mangotsfield, in 1831 and was elevated to a parish church in 1874 when an Act of Parliament made Downend a independent parish. It contains memorial plaques to WG Grace and other members of the Grace family. During the decade before its elevation to parish church status the curate of Downend had been an Irishman, the Rev John Walter Dann. It's likely that, from 1874-1878, the then Vicar of Mangotsfield, the Rev Alfred Peache, doubled as Vicar of Downend with Dann as curate probably taking most of the services. Then, in 1878, Dann was ordained Vicar and he remained the incumbent until his death in 1915. Almost certainly Dann was the first occupant of the Vicarage. Alfred Peache and John Dann were both interesting characters. Alfred, born in Lambeth in 1818, was the second son of the industrialist James Courthope Peache who, amongst other things, was responsible for the design of the Paxman "Peache Patent" High-Speed Single-Acting Steam Engines manufactured by Paxman's of Colchester. During a long life James amassed a considerable fortune. Meanwhile Alfred was a humble curate of Heckfield in Hampshire after previously having served as a curate in Mangotsfield under the Rev Robert Brodie. Brodie, though styled a Perpetual Curate rather than a Vicar*, was the parish priest of Mangotsfield, a parish which, at the time, included Downend and Staple Hill. In 1858 James Peache died aged 76 and, a year later, Robert Brodie died aged 69. By consequence, Alfred inherited a considerable fortune from his father and the incumbency of Mangotsfield from his former boss. He became one of the wealthiest clergymen in England and became one of the most important benefactors of the Church of England. Some 20 or 30 English vicarages and churches, the London College of Divinity and Huron College in Toronto, Canada all became Peache beneficiaries. Included amongst them were the vicarages at Mangotsfield and Downend. It's not certain when Alfred Peache retired as the parish priest of Mangotsfield but certainly, by 1891, he was living in Twickenham where he died in the final months of 1900. Peache Road, which runs between Downend and Mangotsfield, is named after him. John Dann who became parish priest of Downend in 1878 was born in County Cork in 1842. When he died in 1915 he was sufficiently well known in cricketing circles to merit the following obituary in the 1915/16 Wisden's Almanack: "THE REV. JOHN WALTER DANN, M. A. brother-in-law of the late Dr. W. G. Grace, was born at Fermoy, County Cork, on November 20, 1842, and died at Downend, of which parish he had been Vicar for 47** years, on July 22. He was never much of a cricketer, but took a keen interest in the game, and played occasionally for the Thornbury and Downend clubs. He took a very active part in the formation of the Gloucestershire County C. C., undertaking practically all the correspondence in the matter for the late Dr. H. M. Grace. In his younger days he was an excellent lawn tennis player, and he played quite a good game until he was 70." W G Grace, the most famous cricketer of all time, came from a Downend family and John Dann's status as his brother-in-law came as a result of his marriage on 23 June 1869 to WG's sister, Elizabeth Blanche Grace. That was while Downend was still a Chapel of Ease so the marriage took place in its mother church, St James, Mangotsfield. John Dann was born eight years before WG – enough for him to have been appointed tutor to the young cricketer. He also outlived him by eight years. Up until the 1860s century some parish priests were styled perpetual curates rather than vicars. Technically it was a lesser order but, in 1868, Parliament passed an act which authorised all perpetual curates to use the title vicar. Much of the sources for the above are from the National Archives. Other sources include The University of London and its colleges, by Stanley Gordon Francis Wilson, 1923

Hambrook

Hambrook is well-liked for its restaurants. If you'd like to do some sightseeing in the greater Winterbourne area, you might plan a trip to The Mall at Cribbs Causeway or Cabot Circus Shopping Centre.

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Blaise Castle Estate Country Park

Blaise Castle

University of Bristol Botanic Garden

The Mall at Cribbs Causeway

Aztec West Business Park

Southmead Hospital

The Wave

UWE Bristol

Bristol Zoo Project

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Westbury on Trym

Stoke Bishop

Henbury

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