Brandon Hill, Bristol
Coordinates: 51°27′10″N 2°36′09″W / 51.45291°N 2.6024°W
Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon's Hill,[1][2][3] is a hill close to Bristol city centre, between the districts of Clifton and Hotwells, in south west England.
At the summit is the Cabot Tower, opened in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the voyage by John Cabot from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497.
In 1832, the hill was the location of the Great Reform Dinner, which was famously gatecrashed.[4][5]
The park is steep and is divided into informal gardens, a small nature reserve and open grassland. The two hectare nature reserve has been run since 1980 by the Avon Wildlife Trust who have their headquarters beside the park.
The wildflower meadow includes ox-eye daisies, yellow rattle and knapweed. A pond provides a breeding site for frogs, toads and Smooth Newts. The butterfly garden supplies food for caterpillars and many kinds of butterflies. Birds such as jay, bullfinch and blackcap are seen in the reserve. Native trees and shrubs have been planted, and the meadow is cut for hay in July.[6]
[edit] Popular culture
In the popular television series, Skins, Brandon Hill features on a number of occasions; including, Cassie's suicide attempt and as the rendez-vous point for Sid and Cassie at the climax of the first series.
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[edit] References
- ^ Weare, George Edward. Cabot's Discovery of North America. BiblioBazaar. http://books.google.com/books?id=LB7GnHg1-3MC&pg=PP12&lpg=PP12&dq=%22st+brandon+hill%22&source=bl&ots=QtdrIcP0eV&sig=Cj1LUOKZavsJlbNkk2j1DKMmjjw&hl=nl&ei=ocbGS_yjLMmWOPv5sLMP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAw. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "St Brandon's House". WindowOnWales. http://www.windowonwales.co.uk/rombourne/stbrandons-cabot.html. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "Clevedon Hall – a glimpse into its past". Clevedon Hall Estate. 2010. http://www.clevedonhall.co.uk/clevedon-hall. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "Some Thoughts And Observations On Bristol Radical History Group's Summer Party". Archives. Bristol Radical History Group. 23 September 2007. http://www.brh.org.uk/articles/brandonhill.html. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ Poole, Steve (Summer 2001). "Picture in Focus: W. J. Muller and T. L. S. Rowbotham, The Grand Reform Dinner on Brandon Hill (lithograph, 1832)". Regional Historian, Issue 7 (Regional Historian). http://humanities.uwe.ac.uk/regionhistory/rhcnew/RHCarticles/RHC7Poole.doc. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "Brandon Hill". Reserves. Avon Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2005-11-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20051109165418/http://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/level1/reserves/brandon_hill.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
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