BRANDON HILL, Bristol
Bristol’s earliest public park, granted to the Corporation 1174 by Robert Earl of Gloucester, 4a. at summit acquired by Corporation from Tewkesbury Abbey 1581; remains of Civil War defensive earthworks 1643 (Scheduled Ancient Monument); walks and walls 1845;
Cabot Tower 1897-98 on site of Russian guns 1857 on site of medieval St. Brendan’s Chapel; specimen trees
and shrubs; water and rock garden 1936-37; heather garden 1949-50; bowling green; play area; nature park
c.1980.
- Associated Buildings
Cabot Tower (LB II) 1897-98 by W.V. Gough for Bristol Corporation.
- Planning History
Park Street and Brandon Hill Conservation Area.