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Downend, South Gloucestershire

Residential suburb of Greater Bristol, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	The former Vicarage, Downend (4787817654).jpg
static_image_caption	The old vicarage, typical late-19th-century architecture of Downend
official_name	Downend
coordinates
civil_parish	Downend and Bromley Heath
population	12,716
population_ref	(2021)
lieutenancy_england	Gloucestershire
unitary_england	South Gloucestershire
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Filton and Bradley Stoke
post_town	BRISTOL
postcode_district	BS16
postcode_area	BS
dial_code	0117
os_grid_reference	ST650774

Downend is a residential suburb of Greater Bristol, 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. The community was formerly part of the parish of Mangotsfield. On 19 January 2020 The Sunday Times ran an article which named Downend as one of the UK's best suburbs.{{cite web|title="UK's best suburbs: where to live in London, Bristol, Newcastle and more"

Downend forms, with the suburb of Bromley Heath, the civil parish of Downend and Bromley Heath, created in 2003.

Recognition

In January 2020, The Sunday Times included Downend in its list of the best suburbs to live in the United Kingdom.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,785.

Notable residents

W. G. Grace, the cricketer, was born at Downend House on North Street.{{cite web

Olympic bronze medal winner Jenny Jones (snowboarder) was also born in Downend.

Edward Hodges Baily sculptor of Nelson's column.

References

Jones, Arthur Emlyn. (1899). "Our Parish: Mangotsfield, including Downend. A Brief Account of its Origin and History". W. F. Mack and Co..
"The history of D&BH Parish Council". Downend & Bromley Heath Parish Council.
(January 2020). "Best Places to Live 2020".
"Ward population 2011".

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