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Downend, a suburb of Bristol
in South Gloucestershire. Downend is effectively
a suburb of the City of Bristol but actually comes
under the administration of South Gloucestershire,
a county which sprang up following the wellcomed
demise of the County of Avon in 1996.
Downend is located to the North East of Bristol
and is bordered by the Bristol City suburb of
Fishponds to its south west and the South Gloucestershire
suburbs of Staple Hill to the south and Frenchay
to the west.
The outward expansion of Downend dating from
the 1980s has been contained by the presence of
the M4 Motorway which swings around the northern
side of Bristol. Downend has little industry within
its boundaries consisting mainly of domestic housing
and local shopping facilities. A very wellcome
addition since 2003 is the opening of several
restaurants in Downend village itself which has
allowed locals to eat out and have drinks without
the need to drive or arrange a taxi. Unfortunately,
most of the local pubs leave a lot to be desired
with scruffy interiors and very smokey atmospheres
which discourages many local residents from being
"regulars." Some of this may change
if and when the proposed anti-smoking legislation
comes into force in the next couple of years.
The road transport system within the boundaries
has been left almost intact with fairly free flowing
traffic at most times of the day other than on
the ring road where traffic lights have been introduced
on most junctions in an attempt to improve flow.
This has made what was originally intended to
be a rapid means to travel from the north of the
city to the south into another "stop/start"
experience which does little to minimise vehicle
exhaust emmisions in the area. Outside Downend,
South Gloucestershire council transport policy
has resulted in dual carriageways being reduced
in width to single lanes and bus stops placed
to block following traffic in an attempt to encourage
drivers to walk, cycle or ride a donkey to get
around so Downend is still well off, for now!
About Bristol
Bristol is an English city and
county and one of the two administrative centres
of South West England (the other being Plymouth).
From its earliest days, its prosperity has been
linked to that of the Port of Bristol, the commercial
port which originated in the city centre, but
which has now migrated to the Bristol Channel
coast. Bristol extends to this coast and includes
Avonmouth, where much of the current port is located.
Notable areas in and surrounding the city include
Clifton, Filton and Patchway. (These last two
areas are outside the present city boundary, in
South Gloucestershire.)
Bristol is England's eighth, and the United Kingdom's
eleventh, most populous city. It had been, for
half a century, the second largest English city
after London,
until the rapid rise of Liverpool, Manchester
and Birmingham, in the 1780s.
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