Bristol urban facts

Question 1

State how many universities, cathedrals and football teams there are in Bristol

Answer 1

2 universities (Bristol and UWE)
2 cathedrals
2 football teams

Question 2

What % of Bristol aims to be covered in trees

Answer 2

30%

Question 3

How many electric car charging ports are there in Bristol?

Answer 3

100

Question 4

Air pollution causes how many deaths per year in Bristol

Answer 4

200 deaths

Question 5

How many jobs will Temple Quarter create by 2037?

Answer 5

17,000 jobs

Question 6

State the cost of the electrification of the railway at Temple Meads station

Answer 6

£2 billion

Question 7

social opportunities in Bristol

Answer 7

● Bristol Hippodrome, Old Vic Theatre, Tobacco
Factory (food, drink, art, theatre)
● 2 football teams, Gloucester County Cricket,
● Cribbs Causeway shopping centre & Cabot
Circus - reduced crime, improve entertainment,
attract employment
● Harbourside now has high end housing, bars,
nightclubs, art galleries etc.

Question 8

Compare stoke bishop with Filwood

Answer 8

Filwood:
⅓ of people living here were classed as very-low
income
Top 10% most social deprived in country
1300 crimes a year, 62% nervous of going out
36% got top GCSE grades
Life expectancy is 78 compared with 80
Derelict buildings, drug use, lack of transport.
Home built in the 1930s have poor quality e.g. poor
insulation. Plans to improve 1000 homes but these
were scrapped
Stoke Bishop:
Many millionaires live in Sneyd Park in Victorian
homes.
81% of homes are occupied
Highest level of car ownership in country
<4% children live in poverty
<300 crimes per year
3% people unemployed
50% have a degree or equivalent

Question 9

Temple Quarter Regeneration

Answer 9

Temple Quarter Regeneration
Bristol Arena:
Seats 4000
Large sporting events, music events, exhibitions
Surrounded by cafes, shops and office spaces
Brunel’s Engine Shed:
£1.7mn innovation centre

Home to high-tech, creative and low-carbon sector
companies
10 micro-electronics, media, digital production
companies
Enterprise Zones- Glass Wharf
They offer a range of incentives to businesses to move
to the area, including business rate relief, low rents
and easier planning procedures
So far 3000 new jobs created