Downend, South Gloucestershire

Downend
The old vicarage, typical late-19th-century architecture of Downend
Downend is located in Gloucestershire
Downend
Downend
Location within Gloucestershire
Population12,716 (2021)
OS grid referenceST650774
Civil parish
  • Downend and Bromley Heath
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRISTOL
Postcode districtBS16
Dialling code0117
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°29′41″N 2°30′18″W / 51.4947°N 2.5049°W / 51.4947; -2.5049

Downend is a residential suburb of Greater Bristol, England, the housing stock is typically terraced Victorian, 1930s and 1950s semi-detached and detached. It is in the South Gloucestershire local district, located to the northeast of Bristol and bordered by the Bristol City suburb of Fishponds, and the South Gloucestershire suburbs of Staple Hill, Frenchay, Mangotsfield, and Emersons Green. The community was formerly part of the parish of Mangotsfield.[1] On 19 January 2020 The Sunday Times ran an article which named Downend as one of the UK's best suburbs.[2]

Downend forms, with the suburb of Bromley Heath, the civil parish of Downend and Bromley Heath, created in 2003.[3]

Downend war memorial
  1. ^ Jones, Arthur Emlyn (1899). Our Parish: Mangotsfield, including Downend. A Brief Account of its Origin and History. Bristol: W. F. Mack and Co.
  2. ^ ""UK's best suburbs: where to live in London, Bristol, Newcastle and more"". The Sunday Times. 19 January 2020.
  3. ^ "The history of D&BH Parish Council". Downend & Bromley Heath Parish Council. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.