Bower Ashton

The right hand side panel on most pages shows news and coming events. Feel free to email me if you know of some event or news item that I have missed or have any questions about Bower Ashton.

   Peter - Bower Ashton, Bristol.

The events include the many Ashton Court events, the Bristol Marathon, the UWE events, North Streets Ashton Beer Festival and Bristol City (BCFC) football home games. Anything less than a mile from Bower Ashton.

Forgive me if I very occasionally get carried away by something I like further away and don't forget all the repeating regular events, clubs and meetings too.

Bower Ashton's neighbours include the sometimes very busy 850 acre Ashton Court Estate mainly in North Somerset. Which includes part of the Forest of Avon and is the home of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta.

Bristol's restricted growth westward over the last two centuries has been more than partially due to the lands once owned by and the influence of the Smyth family of Ashton Court.

Greville Smyth park (a 19th Century gift from the Smyth family to Bristol) has a riverside path is part of the old tow path and now a small part of the Avon Trail, for walkers or cyclists. The old tow path runs along the gorge to Pill and enters the gorge beneath Brunel's beautiful suspension bridge

Our Bristol neighbours in Ashton include the many small shops of North Street, rather dominated by the enormous red brick 'Tobacco Factory'. Now a theatre but once a very small part of the Wills then Imperial Tobacco empires.

Bower Ashton is only two miles from the centre of Bristol. The entrance to the historic Bristol Docks is just across the River Avon. There you can find the steam harbourside railway, the ferries and much more.

While Bower Ashton is a mainly residential district. It has two large educational facilities: Ashton Park School/Sports Centre and the Creative Arts Campus of the University of the West of England (UWE).

There are a few small commercial ventures. With various clubs and societies, including the playing ground of Bedminster Cricket Club. As well as the kennels and stables for Bristol's Police Dog and Mounted Sections.

I will add whatever events and information I am aware of. Feel free to email me if I have missed any events or to suggest a link to a site relating to Bower Ashton.

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