Ashton Gate is a suburb of
Bristol
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, United Kingdom, in the
Southville ward of
Bristol City Council
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. A
toll house
A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road, canal, or toll bridge.
History
Many tollhouses were built by turnpike trusts in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th and ...
at the western end of North Street still survives and indicates the origin of the area's name as a gate on the road to Ashton (now known as
Long Ashton
Long Ashton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset and is one of a number of large villages just outside the boundary of city of Bristol urban area. The parish has a populat ...
). Once part of the estate of the
Smyth
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Notable people sharing the Smyth surname
Listed here are peop ...
family of
Ashton Court
Ashton Court is a mansion house and Estate (land), estate to the west of Bristol in England. Although the estate lies mainly in North Somerset, it is owned by the City of Bristol. The mansion and stables are a Grade I listed building. Other st ...
, the area had ironworks and collieries in the nineteenth century, also a tobacco factory and a brewery. There is still some manufacturing industry and retail parks and in 2003 the
Bristol Beer Factory recommenced brewing in the
former brewery site.
Ashton Gate railway station
Ashton Gate railway station was a railway station serving the Ashton Gate, Bristol, Ashton Gate area of Bristol, England, which included Ashton Gate Stadium, Ashton Gate football ground, the home ground of Bristol City F.C. It was located on ...
closed in 1964.
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Major attractions in the area include
Ashton Gate stadium
Ashton Gate is a multi-use stadium in Ashton Gate, Bristol, England, and is the home of Bristol City F.C. and the Bristol Bears rugby union team. Located in the south-west of the city, just south of the River Avon, it currently has an all-se ...
, the home of professional sports teams
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...
(football) the
Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 ...
(rugby union), the shopping and leisure facilities of
North Street, the
Tobacco Factory
The Tobacco Factory is the last remaining part of the old W. D. & H. O. Wills tobacco factory site on Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol. It was saved from demolition by the architect and former mayor of the city George Ferguson and through his ...
theatre. Ashton Gate primary school serves the local preteen population.
Whitemead House multi-storey council flats on
Duckmoor Road, which overlook the
Ashton Gate stadium
Ashton Gate is a multi-use stadium in Ashton Gate, Bristol, England, and is the home of Bristol City F.C. and the Bristol Bears rugby union team. Located in the south-west of the city, just south of the River Avon, it currently has an all-se ...
, are notable for being the exterior filming location of the tower block where Delboy and Rodney lived in the
BBC
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sitcom
Only Fools and Horses
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; these flats were used as their home's exterior after 1988.
Nearby places
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Bedminster
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Bower Ashton
Bower Ashton is a neighbourhood in south west Bristol on the western boundary with North Somerset, lying within the Southville ward, approximately two miles from the city centre. Ashton Court estate, a recreational area owned by Bristol City C ...
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Hotwells
Hotwells is a neighbourhood in the English port city of Bristol. It is located to the south of and below the high ground of Clifton, and directly to the north of the Floating Harbour. The southern entrance to the Avon Gorge, which connects th ...
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Ashton Vale
Notes
Areas of Bristol
Places formerly in Somerset
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