Redfield is an area situated in East
Bristol
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though it is represented in Westminster as part of the
Bristol East
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constituency. It includes the stretch of Church Road (A420) from Verrier Road to the western boundary of
St George's Park, Victorian-era landscaped parkland. It is adjacent to the neighbourhoods of
Barton Hill and Russell Town to the South,
St George
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to the East,
Whitehall
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to the North and
Lawrence Hill
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to the West and Pile Marsh to the South-East.
Population
The total population for the Redfield area is 2,522
and data suggests that the predominant age group is 35-49 years, consisting of 690 people.
Bristol City Council
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identifies that the area commonly known as Redfield consists of two Lower Super Output Areas ("LSOAs"): Church Road and Redfield. The 2008 Ward Profiles published by Bristol City Council rank the two LSOAs as 112th and 111th (respectively) out of 252 most deprived areas in Bristol (no.1 being the most deprived). Redfield falls into two Bristol wards:
Easton and
St George West.
Community involvement
The 2003 Redfield Action Plan outlines a number of measures to improve social and economic conditions in Redfield and its locale. Community at Heart was set up to oversee implementation of the programme in Redfield,
Barton Hill and
The Dings.
Leisure and entertainment
To the east of the area lies
St George Park St George's Park may refer to:
* St George's Park, Bristol, a park in Bristol, England
* St George's Park, Gqeberha, a multi-use park in Gqeberha, South Africa
**St George's Park Cricket Ground, the cricket ground at the park, sometimes called Crus ...
, an elegant
Victorian
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19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literatur ...
suburban park.
[
] To the south of the area lies
Netham Park
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.
Redfest is an independent arts and music festival seeking to bring music, film, cabaret, comedy, animation, graffiti, photography, art and fun to community of Redfield. Redfest is run by a group of volunteers from the local community and is entirely reliant on public donations, support and sponsorship from local businesses and grant funding where available.
Transport
Bus routes run frequently from the area to the
City Centre
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and out to the suburbs of
Kingswood and
Hanham
Hanham is in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, adjacent to, but not within the City of Bristol. It became a civil parish on 1 April 2003.
The post code area of Hanham is BS15. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2 ...
.
The nearby
Lawrence Hill railway station
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serves the Redfield population and provides an easy access point to other stations in Bristol including
Temple meads railway station with connections across the country.
The
Bristol and Bath Railway Path
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It was built by ...
, a 13-mile asphalt motor-vehicle-free route between the cities of Bristol and
Bath
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* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
, starts just west of Redfield at
Newtown in Lawrence Hill and has several entrance points along its route just north of the area.
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