Sparke Evans Park
Sparke Evans Park is a public park on the northern bank of the River Avon in the St Philips Marsh area of Bristol, England. Established in 1902, it was donated to the city by the Sparke Evans family, local industrialists.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station and Arnos Vale Cemetery.
Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England. It is located 118 miles 31 chains away from London Paddington. It is an important transport hub for public transport in the city; there are bus services to many parts of the city and surrounding districts, with a ferry to the city centre. Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station is situated 4,100 feet west of Sparke Evans Park.
Arnos Vale Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arnos Vale Cemetery, in Arnos Vale, Bristol, England, was established in 1837. Its first burial was in 1839. The cemetery followed a joint-stock model, funded by shareholders. Arnos Vale Cemetery is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Sparke Evans Park.
Avon Bridge
Bridge
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The Avon Bridge is a railway bridge over the River Avon in Brislington, Bristol, England. It was built in 1839 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and has been designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. Avon Bridge is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Sparke Evans Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Philip’s Marsh and Upper Knowle.
St Philip’s Marsh
Suburb
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St Philip's Marsh is an industrial inner suburb of Bristol, England. It is bounded by River Avon and Harbour feeder canal making it an almost island area.
Upper Knowle
Neighborhood
Knowle is a district and council ward in south east Bristol, England, lying on the broad ridge of the Wells Road about 2 mi from the city centre. It is bordered by Filwood Park to the west, Brislington to the east, Whitchurch and Hengrove to the south and Totterdown to the north.
Totterdown
Suburb
Totterdown is an inner-suburb of Bristol, England, situated just south of the River Avon and to the south-east of Temple Meads railway station and the city centre.
Sparke Evans Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Bristol, England
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.44544° or 51° 26′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.5633° or 2° 33′ 48″ westOperator
Bristol City CouncilOpen location code
9C3VCCWP+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 224523812OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q135804909
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