Ashton Vale is a suburb located in the Bedminster ward of

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.It Is located in the very south-western edge of the city. Ashton Vale has a mixture of residential and light industry. It is served by Ashton Vale Primary School. Ashton Vale was the home of

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in the 1980s. The

Portishead Railway The Portishead Railway is a branch line railway running from Portishead in North Somerset to the main line immediately west of Bristol, England. It was constructed by the Bristol & Portishead Pier and Railway Company, but it was always operated ...

runs along the eastern edge of the suburb and the

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runs along the south. The nearest station is

Parson Street railway station Parson Street railway station serves the western end of Bedminster in Bristol, England. It also serves other surrounding suburbs including Bishopsworth, Ashton Vale and Ashton Gate, along with Bristol City FC. It is from , and from London P ...

. Which is also near the proposed Ashton Gate railway station.

Sport

Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

were planning to build a stadium in the area, to be called

Bristol City Stadium The Bristol City Stadium (tentative name) was a proposed football stadium, announced in November 2007, which would be built on land at Ashton Vale, Bristol, England, and would replace Ashton Gate Stadium as the home stadium of Bristol City F.C. ...

to replace Ashton Gate Stadium. However the land nearby is used for recreational purposes and residents have proposed that the land should be classified as a village green. The decision for the development plans was to be decided in late 2013 but plans have been postponed pending development of Ashton Gate Stadium. Ashton Vale is the base of Bristol Indoor Bowls Club.

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Areas of Bristol Places formerly in Somerset {{Bristol-geo-stub