Golden Hill, Bristol
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Golden Hill is an inner suburb of
Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...
, England, lying east of
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Common and north-east of Bishopston. Redland and
Henleaze Henleaze is a northern suburb of the city of Bristol in South West England. It is an almost entirely residential inter-war development, with Edwardian streets on its southern fringes. Its main neighbours are Westbury on Trym, Horfield, Bish ...
are nearby. The housing is mainly in private ownership and was built in the 1920s and 1930s.
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practise on the football pitch, though it is closed for maintenance as of 2016. The fields are owned by
Redland High School for Girls Redland High School for Girls was a selective and independent, non-denominational girls' school in the suburb of Redland, Bristol, England. The school merged with The Red Maids' School in May 2016, with the new merged school named Redmaids' H ...
. A large
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store was built in 1993 on an adjacent green-field site, which had been for many years one of the playing fields of
Bristol Grammar School Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, independent day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorn ...
. The construction was unpopular with the local community and drew protests. Plans for expansion are currently being reviewed. A second playing field is located in Golden Hill on Wimbledon Road. This is used by Golden Hill Sports Ltd (registered charity 1118954), which runs the YMCA Cricket Club and Golden Hill Sports Football Club. In addition, the charity also organises children's activity days during the school holidays as well as a number of social events throughout the year.


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Map of Golden Hill circa 1900

Henleaze Book includes history of Golden Hill
Areas of Bristol {{Bristol-geo-stub