John Wesley’s New Room
John Wesley's New Room is a historic building located between The Horsefair and Broadmead, Bristol, England. Opened in June 1739, it housed the earliest Methodist societies, and was enlarged in 1748.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Methodist
- Description: Grade I listed church in Bristol, England, UK
- Also known as: “John Wesley’s Chapel” and “The New Room”
- Address: 36 The Horsefair, Bristol, BS1 3JE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Galleries and Bristol Castle.
The Galleries
Shopping center
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Galleries is a shopping mall in the Broadmead area of Bristol city centre, England. Functioning as one of the city's retail malls, it is a three-storey building, which spans over Fairfax Street. The Galleries is situated 520 feet south of John Wesley’s New Room.
Bristol Castle
Archaeological site
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Bristol Castle was a Norman castle established in the late 11th century on the north bank of the River Avon in Bristol. Remains can be seen today in Castle Park near the Broadmead Shopping Centre, including the sally port. Bristol Castle is situated 850 feet southeast of John Wesley’s New Room.
Broadmead Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Plasmium, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Broadmead Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the Broadmead area of Bristol, England. The church was the first dissenting church in Bristol, founded by Dorothy Hazzard and four other dissenters in 1640. Broadmead Baptist Church is situated 330 feet southwest of John Wesley’s New Room.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadmead and Bristol city centre.
Broadmead
Suburb
Broadmead is a street in Bristol city centre in England, which has given its name to the principal shopping district of the city. It is part of Bristol Shopping Quarter.
Bristol city centre
Suburb
Bristol city centre is the commercial, cultural and business centre of Bristol, England. It is the area north of the New Cut of the River Avon, bounded by Clifton Wood and Clifton to the north-west, Kingsdown and Cotham to the north, and St Pauls, Lawrence Hill and St Phillip's Marsh to the east.
St Pauls
Suburb
St Pauls is an inner suburb of Bristol, England, lying just northeast of the city centre and west of the M32. It is bounded by the A38, the B4051, the A4032 and the A4044, although the River Frome was traditionally the eastern boundary before the A4032 was constructed.
John Wesley’s New Room
- Categories: local authority museum, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45798° or 51° 27′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.59018° or 2° 35′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C3VFC55+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 124100389OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=methodistWikidata ID
Q7011332
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In Other Languages
“John Wesley’s New Room” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “新房子 (布里斯托尔)”
- Chinese: “新房子”
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