including Cotham Gardens, Grove Park, Redland Green Cotham & Redland Conservation Area. Remnants of C18 landscape park substantially built over from mid to late C19, 1732-35 for John Cossins, on site of C17 Court with walled and terraced formal gardens; knot garden in box; lime avenue (Lovers’ Walk) to House originally c1732 and replanted late C19, runs through Cotham Gardens, an informal park now part play area 1879 by Bristol Corporation, and Grove Park 1884 presented to Corporation by W.H.G. Edwards; connected by ornamental footbridge over railway. Redland Green formerly Chapel Green informal park with network of paths, some planted with planes 1920s by Bristol Corporation, centred on ornamental C18 chapel; bowling green; play area; allotment gardens. Redland Court was Redland High School, now redeveloped for residential use.

Communal garden 1790-1815 on different levels of steep slope: steps down from road; mature trees; shrubberies.

Municipal park 1884: network of paths; mature trees mostly London plane; shrubberies; rockeries; pond; play area.

Municipal park 1890-95: informal layout with paths and specimen trees on sloping site with view; bowling green; play area 1946; static water tank converted to paddling pool 1950-51; sundial, plinth only remains.

Municipal park by St. George Local Board late C19, absorbed by City 1897, extended 1938; fine avenue of London planes; specimen trees, many recent; naturalistic boating lake with island and boat-house; raised mound, previously bandstand, demolished 1958; bowling greens; tennis courts; play areas, including skate-board park. Railings. piers and gates (LB II) 1898 by Sir Frank Wills as entrance to Victoria Library (demolished c1960s) now park entrance.

Municipal park 1925, layout altered 1949-50, on site of ‘retreat’ with paths of levelled tombstones, formerly St. James’s Churchyard, Bristol’s oldest church; mature boundary plane trees; shrubberies. Iron railings, gate piers and gates (LB II) C19.

Municipal park 1884: mature planes; shrubberies; flowerbeds.

Communal garden 1789-1838: raised roughly circular lawn with stone retaining wall; informal tree planting.

Former communal garden 1756 to surrounding Georgian houses (now gone); unenclosed irregular shape; grass with line of mature limes; rockery in shrubbery; monument consisting of freestone conduit head on pennant base with Gothic trefoil arches topped by a fir cone. Fountain (LB II) mid-late C18.

C19 and mid C20 garden on C17 site: ruined gazebo; buttressed garden wall; mature specimen trees, Wellingtonia, monkey puzzle and other exotic conifers; remains of C20 ‘wild garden’ between wall & stream; formerly included Henleaze Lake and Badock’s Wood, Gazebo and wall (LB II) late C17.