Downend, South Gloucestershire

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
The old vicarage, typical late-19th-century architecture of Downend
Downend Location within Gloucestershire
Population	12,716 (2021)
OS grid reference	ST650774
Civil parish	Downend and Bromley Heath
Unitary authority	South Gloucestershire
Ceremonial county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS16
Dialling code	0117
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Filton and Bradley Stoke
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51.4947°N 2.5049°W / 51.4947; -2.5049

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

Downend war memorial

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,785.^[4]

Notable residents

A mural of W. G. Grace in Downend

W. G. Grace, the cricketer, was born at Downend House on North Street.^[5] The house overlooks the ground of Downend Cricket Club.

Olympic bronze medal winner Jenny Jones (snowboarder) was also born in Downend.

Edward Hodges Baily sculptor of Nelson's column.

See also

• Downend air crash