Royal West of England Academy

The Royal West of England Academy is Bristol's oldest art gallery, located in , near the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. Situated in a Grade II* listed building, it hosts five galleries and an exhibition programme of historic and contemporary British art.
rwa.org.uk
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  • Email: info@rwa.org.uk
  • Type: Arts center
  • Description: art gallery in Bristol, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Bristol Academy for Fine Arts”, “Royal West of England Academy Of Art”, and “RWA”
  • Address: Queen’s Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1PX
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beacon House and Victoria Chapel.

University
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is an university.

Church
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is a church.

University
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The , also known as the Vic Rooms, houses the University of Bristol's music department in , England, on a prominent site at the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. is situated 370 feet west of Royal West of England Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tyndall’s Park and Bristol city centre.

Neighborhood
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Tyndall's Park is an area of central , England. It lies north of Park Row and Queen's Road, east of Whiteladies Road and west of St Michael's Hill, between the districts of , and .

Suburb
is the commercial, cultural and business centre of , . It is the area north of the of the River Avon, bounded by Clifton Wood and to the north-west, and to the north, and , and St Phillip's Marsh to the east.

Suburb
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is an inner suburb of , England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five electoral wards. The ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and .

Royal West of England Academy

Latitude
51.45811° or 51° 27′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.60827° or 2° 36′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C3VF95R+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91186164
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q7375007
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Royal West of England Academy” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “西英格兰皇家学院”
  • Dutch: “Royal West of England Academy”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكاديميه رويال ويست انكلترا”
  • French: “Royal West of England Academy”
  • German: “Royal West of England Academy”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・オブ・イングランド王立芸術アカデミー”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・オブ・イングランド王立芸術院”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・ウェスト・オヴ・イングランド・アカデミー”
  • Japanese: “王立西イングランドアカデミー”
  • Russian: “Королевская академия Запада Англии”
  • Russian: “Королевская академия Западной Англии”
  • Slovenian: “Royal West of England Academy”
  • Slovenian: “RWA”
  • Turkish: “Royal West of England Akademisi”
  • Vietnamese: “Học viện Vương thất Tây Anh”
  • Welsh: “Royal West of England Academy”

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