Downend, South Gloucestershire
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.jpg) The old vicarage, typical late 19th century architecture of Downend | |
  Downend Downend shown within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 12,125 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST650774 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS |
| Dialling code | 0117 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Downend is a residential outer suburb of Bristol in Gloucestershire, England, the housing stock is typically terraced Victorian, 1930s and 1950s semi-detached and detached. It is in the South Gloucestershire local district, located to the northeast of Bristol and bordered by the Bristol City suburb of Fishponds, and the South Gloucestershire suburbs of Staple Hill, Frenchay, Mangotsfield, and Emersons Green.
Downend forms, with the suburb of Bromley Heath, the civil parish of Downend and Bromley Heath, created in 2003.[2]
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,785.[3]
Downend residents are represented by the Mayor of the West of England, Tim Bowles.[4]
Notable residents
W. G. Grace, the cricketer, was born at Downend House on North Street.[5]
Olympic bronze medal winner Jenny Jones (snowboarder) was also born in Downend.
See also
References
- ↑ "civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ "The history of D&BH Parish Council". Downend & Bromley Heath Parish Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ "Tory Tim Bowles elected West of England mayor"". BBC News. 5 May 2017.
- ↑ "DOWNEND HOUSE - 1116188 Historic England". Historic England. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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