Greater Bristol

Coordinates: 51°28′N 2°35′W / 51.467°N 2.583°W / 51.467; -2.583
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This article is about the place in England. For the place in the United States, see Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area.

Greater Bristol is a term used for the

County of Avon (sometimes the whole of the former County of Avon area), and by some, TfGB (Transport for Greater Bristol), to refer to the Province of Bristol as defined by C. B. Fawcett (1919) or Derek Senior
(1969).

Definitions

Bristol Built-up Area

One definition of "Greater Bristol" is the "Bristol Built-up Area" (previously termed the "Bristol Urban Area"), as defined by the UK

Easton-in-Gordano within North Somerset; and part of Whitchurch which falls within the administrative area of Bath and North East Somerset. However, this ONS definition does not include the city of Bath, or the towns of Yate, Keynsham, Portishead, Clevedon or Weston-super-Mare.[2]

The ONS give a figure for the population of the Bristol Urban Area of 617,280,

conurbation in England and Wales
. The 2001 census figure was 551,006 and the 1991 census figure was 522,784. The urban area is subdivided into the following:

Bristol Built-up Area and its urban subdivisions in 2011
  Bristol subdivision
  Other subdivisions
  City of Bristol unitary authority boundary
Urban subdivision Population Census 2011
Bristol 535,907
Filton 59,495
Frampton Cotterell & Winterbourne 14,694
Pill 4,828
Almondsbury 855
Leigh Woods 553
Whiteshill
 403
Hambrook 349
Coalpit Heath 196
Total 617,280

Former Avon County

Map of the former Avon area. The term "Greater Bristol" is used by some to denote the whole of this area, and by others only to denote the contiguous urban area including, for example, Filton and Kingswood (which are outside Bristol's administrative boundary), but not Bath or Weston-super-Mare.

The wider "Greater Bristol" area – that is, the former

Local Transport Plan to the DfT in 2006.[5] Other alternative names occasionally in official use for the former Avon area include the West of England and Severnside. The term "CUBA" (county that used to be Avon) has also occasionally been used unofficially.[6]

The 2001 population of the former county of Avon would have had a population of 983,860.[7]

West of England

Further information: West of England

The West of England covers the former county excluding North Somerset. By 2017 the West of England Combined Authority reported the population of the area to be 1.1 million.[8]

Other

Transport for Greater Bristol (TfGB) has also used 'Greater Bristol' to refer to a travel to work area of 50 miles radius around Bristol which it wishes to be covered by an Integrated Transport Authority (ITA).

C. B. Fawcett
in 1919.

See also

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics, 2011 Built-up Areas – Methodology and Guidance, p.3 Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Bristol BUA (built-up areas) map". NOMIS. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ "2011 Census – Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  4. ^ Atkins, 2005. "Greater Bristol Strategic Transport Study Archived 2007-04-13 at the Wayback Machine."
  5. ^ B&NES, Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire councils, 2006. "Greater Bristol Joint Local Transport Plan. Archived 2006-06-15 at the Wayback Machine"
  6. ^ Gavin Thompson (10 December 2014). "Greater Bristol: Why it's time we brought our region together". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  7. ^ "The six Case Cities" (PDF). The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. UCL. p. 16. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. ^ "West of England Combined Authority – Bath and North East Somerset" (PDF). www.bathnes.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Metro West". Rail Future. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

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