Downend is an affluent 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.
Downend
The old vicarage, typical late-19th-century architecture of Downend
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Downend School Website
Rotary Club of Fishponds & Downend
Downend Round Table
Downend & Bromley Heath Parish Council Website
Downend Parish Magazine – August 1905
January 01, 1970
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