 Watershed | |
  Location of Watershed in Bristol | |
| Established | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Location | 1, Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol |
| Coordinates | 51°27′05″N 2°35′53″W / 51.4515°N 2.5980°W |
| Type | Cinema, Culture & Technology, Cafe & Bar, Conferencing |
| Director | Clare Reddington |
| Public transit access | Bus, ferry |
| Website | www |
Watershed opened in June 1982 as the United Kingdom's first dedicated media centre.[1][2] Based in former warehouses on the harbourside at Bristol, it hosts three cinemas, a café/bar, events/conferencing spaces, the Pervasive Media Studio,[3] and office spaces for administrative and creative staff. It occupies the former E and W sheds on Canon's Road at Saint Augustine's Reach, and underwent a major refurbishment in 2005. The building also hosts UWE eMedia Business Enterprises,[4] Most of Watershed's facilities are situated on the second floor of two of the transit sheds. The conference spaces and cinemas are used by many public and private sector organisations and charities. Watershed employs the equivalent of over seventy full-time staff and has an annual turnover of approximately £3.8 million. As well as its own commercial income (through Watershed Trading), Watershed Arts Trust is funded by national and regional arts funders.[5]
A 2010 report for the International Futures Forum describes the Watershed as "a creative ecosystem, operating in many different and overlapping economies," which is "pushing the creative boundary" by fostering both the invention and consolidation of new work.[6]
- ^ Zimmermann, Karl (26 March 1989). "A Bristol Visit Anchored in the Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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- ^ "UWE bid to develop media hub". Times Higher Education. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ^ "Celebrating a watershed in creativity". Bristol Evening Post. 15 September 2007.
- ^ Leicester, Graham; Bill Sharpe (2010). Producing the Future: Understanding Watershed's Role in Ecosystems of Cultural Innovation. International Futures Forum. p. 32. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.