Museums · South Wales
Canon's Marsh
Canon's Marsh (sometimes written Canons Marsh) is an inner city area of Bristol, England. Canon's Marsh occupies low-lying land on the north side of the Floating Harbour, immediately to the west of th
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Canon's Marsh (sometimes written Canons Marsh) is an inner city area of Bristol, England. Canon's Marsh occupies low-lying land on the north side of the Floating Harbour, immediately to the west of the River Frome spur (St Augustine's Reach) of the harbour. Canon's Marsh includes Bordeaux Quay, Canon's Wharf, Hannover Quay, and Millennium Square, and is part of the area that has been branded "Harbourside". Formerly an industrial area, with busy quaysides, warehouses, railway transit sheds and one of the city's main gas works, Canon's Marsh was subject to urban regeneration beginning in the 1980s and completing in the 2010s. It is now a mixed use neighbourhood with residential and office developments alongside major leisure attractions. Canons' Marsh borders Hotwells to the west, Clifton to the north, and the city centre to the north east. It is in the Hotwells and Harbourside electoral ward.
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From the Wikipedia article
Canon's Marsh (sometimes written Canons Marsh) is an inner city area of Bristol, England. Canon's Marsh occupies low-lying land on the north side of the Floating Harbour, immediately to the west of the River Frome spur (St Augustine's Reach) of the harbour. Canon's Marsh includes Bordeaux Quay, Canon's Wharf, Hannover Quay, and Millennium Square, and is part of the area that has been branded "Harbourside". Formerly an industrial area, with busy quaysides, warehouses, railway transit sheds and one of the city's main gas works, Canon's Marsh was subject to urban regeneration beginning in the 1980s and completing in the 2010s. It is now a mixed use neighbourhood with residential and office developments alongside major leisure attractions. Canons' Marsh borders Hotwells to the west, Clifton to the north, and the city centre to the north east. It is in the Hotwells and Harbourside electoral ward.
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Background
History
It was a shipbuilding area until the last yard closed in 1904, incorporating two of Teast's Docks, and including J&W Peters shipyard. Canon's Wharf was developed in the 1890s with open quaysides suited to the larger ships and increasing mechanisation of cargo transit of the age, becoming one of the busiest parts of the docks in the early 20th century. In 1891 it had a quayside steam crane, mounted on a stone tower that survives at Lloyds amphitheatre, and it later gained rail-mounted electric cranes. It had its own branch of the Bristol Harbour Railway and in 1906 the Great Western Railway built a large goods shed beside the railyard, pioneering the use of François Hennebique's reinforced…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4500, -2.6000
- District
- Bristol, City of
- Parish
- Bristol, City of, unparished area
- Postcode
- BS1 5DB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bristol Central
- Phone
- +44 117 915 1000
- Opening
- Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00, Sa-Su 10:00-18:00
- Official site
- www.wethecurious.org
Sources
- wikipedia: Canon's Marsh (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Canon's Marsh?
- Canon's Marsh is in South Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4500°, -2.6000°.
- Is Canon's Marsh wheelchair accessible?
- Yes — Canon's Marsh is tagged in OpenStreetMap as wheelchair-accessible.
- What are the opening hours for Canon's Marsh?
- OpenStreetMap records opening hours as: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00, Sa-Su 10:00-18:00. Check the official site to confirm seasonal changes.