Ashton Gate
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Coordinates: 51°26′26″N 2°37′09″W / 51.4406°N 2.61905°W
| Ashton Gate | |
  Ashton Gate shown within Bristol |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Bristol |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS3 |
| Dialling code | 0117 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Bristol South |
| List of places: UK • England • Bristol | |
Ashton Gate is a suburb of Bristol, United Kingdom, in the Southville ward of Bristol City Council. A toll house at the western end of North Street still survives and indicates the origin of the area's name. Once part of the estate of the Smyth family of Ashton Court, the area had ironworks and collieries in the nineteenth century, also a tobacco factory[1] and a brewery. There is still some manufacturing industry and retail parks and in 2003 the Bristol Beer Factory recommenced brewing in the former brewery site.[2] Ashton Gate railway station closed in 1964.
Major attractions in the area include Ashton Gate stadium, the home of professional football team Bristol City F.C., the shopping and leisure facilities of North Street, the Tobacco Factory theatre. Ashton Gate primary school serves the local pre-teen population.[3]
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- ^ Cox, Howard (2000) (in English). The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 84. ISBN 9780198292210.
- ^ "Bristol Beer Factory". bristolbeerfactory.co.uk. http://bristolbeerfactory.co.uk/history.htm. Retrieved on 2009-01-24.
- ^ "Ashton Gate Primary School". www.ashtongate.bristol.sch.uk. http://www.ashtongate.bristol.sch.uk/. Retrieved on 2009-01-24.
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