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St Werburghs

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Mina Road is St Werburghs' 'high street', whose shops each have an imaginative figurehead protruding from their frontages indicating the type of trade on offer. The park opposite the shops contains an original example of a cast iron Victorian public lavatory.
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Whilst it has more of a cultural mix than Bristol, it is not as diverse as other inner city areas. It also has more family housing which has increased house prices. The area has less crime than the other inner city Bristol areas.
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and has been the scene of several environmental campaigns including the development of a self-build housing community and the establishing of Narroways Hill as a
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Before 1879 the northern part of the area now known as St Werburghs was referred to as Ashley Vale, and the southern part
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to the southeast, Ashley Hill to the west, and the Ashley Vale escarpment to the north. It borders the neighbourhoods of
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St Werburghs does not have formal boundaries, but in typical usage encompasses an area roughly bounded by the
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to the north. The solid geology in the Mina Road Park area and in the valleys of the
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was relocated (with substantial rebuilding) to Mina Road in this district from
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St Werburghs was served by the number 5 bus route and its replacement,
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The following suburbs are in the same urban area, but lie in
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The area was historically prone to serious flooding from the
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St Werburgh's
St Werburghs is located in Bristol
Bristol
OS grid reference
ST596742
Unitary authority
Bristol
Ceremonial county
Bristol
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
BS2
Dialling code
Police
Avon and Somerset
Fire
Avon
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Bristol Central
UK
England
Bristol
51°28′12″N 2°34′34″W / 51.470°N 2.576°W / 51.470; -2.576

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