Monks Park is a northern suburb of the city of

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city, Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Glouces ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

and is the highest point within the city. Monks Park stretches westward, towards

Southmead Southmead is a northern suburb and council ward of Bristol, in the south west of England, bordered by Filton in South Gloucestershire and Monks Park, Horfield, Henleaze and Westbury on Trym. The River Trym rises in Southmead and flows south ...

, from the A38 trunk road. Filton Park lies directly north, on the

South Gloucestershire South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke, the latter three forming ...

side of the city boundary. Horfield lies to the east of the A38 and also to the south. Monks Park takes its name from

James Henry Monk James Henry Monk (12 December 1784 – 6 June 1856) was an English divine and classical scholar. Life He was born at Buntingford, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Norwich School, Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 180 ...

, a nineteenth-century bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The first development in Monks Park took place in the 1930s. Housing is mainly privately owned and semi-detached. Southmead Hospital, Bristol's largest hospital, occupies the south west corner of the suburb. There are two primary schools (Upper Horfield and St Teresa's RC) and

Orchard School Bristol Orchard School Bristol is a secondary school with academy status, located in Horfield in Bristol, England. History Orchard School opened for teaching in September 2005 and became an academy as part of Trust in Learning Academies in September ...

, formerly known as Monks Park School prior to 2009.

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