Hengrove is a suburb and

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, England, situated between Whitchurch, Knowle and

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, running along both dual carriageways, Wells Road ( A37) and Airport Road (

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). The area of Knowle it adjoins is known as

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. The residential parts of Hengrove consist mainly of working to middle class terrace houses. There are also infant, primary and secondary schools in the area. It is served by buses and, since 2019,

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rapid transit services. Hengrove holds the long-disused

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, which has mostly been redeveloped with a hospital and leisure facilities now situated on parts of the former airfield.

Hengrove Leisure Park

Hengrove Leisure Park is located on Hengrove Way and is an out-of-town leisure park containing branches of

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and

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, along with a

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and

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hall. There is also a children's

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, the largest in Bristol, and

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adjoining the site. In 2021, plans were approved to demolish most of the leisure park buildings in order to redevelop the site for housing.

Hengrove Park

Hengrove Park is the largest

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site in

and is built on part of the former airfield of the disused Whitchurch Airport. It is the site of

South Bristol Community Hospital South Bristol Community Hospital is a community hospital in the Hengrove area of Bristol, England, on the site of the former Whitchurch Airport. It opened in March 2012. It is managed by the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundatio ...

, Hengrove Park Leisure Centre, and Hengrove Skills Academy, and in 2001 was the temporary home to the Ashton Court Festival. Hengrove Park is the southern terminus of

route m1.

Sport

Hengrove is home to the

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club Hengrove Athletic F.C., who play at Norton Lane. Hengrove is also home to rugby union club Imperial RFC which play in the Somerset premier league.

References

External links

Hengrove Park website
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