Everything about Greater Bristol totally explained
Greater Bristol is a term used for the
conurbation which contains and surrounds the city of
Bristol in the
South West of
England. There is no official "Greater Bristol" authority, but the term is sometimes used by local, regional and national authorities, and others as a synonym for either the "Bristol Urban Area" or the wider area of the former
County of Avon. Many people who don't live under the control of Bristol
City Council still name Bristol as their address.
Problems of definition
One definition of "Greater Bristol" is the
"Bristol Urban Area" as defined by the UK
Office for National Statistics (ONS). This covers the contiguous built-up area around Bristol, including the
Kingswood,
Mangotsfield,
Stoke Gifford,
Bradley Stoke,
Patchway,
Filton,
Almondsbury,
Frampton Cotterell and
Winterbourne areas within
South Gloucestershire;
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 doesn't include the city of
Bath,
Weston-super-Mare, or even small towns closer to Bristol such as
Yate,
Keynsham or
Portishead.
The wider "Greater Bristol" area - that is,
the former Avon area - has since 1996 been divided for local government purposes between Bristol City Council, and
Bath and North East Somerset,
North Somerset, and
South Gloucestershire councils, and is shown on the map on this page. The boundaries of the County of Avon, which administered the area from 1974 to 1996, were similar to those of the Bristol
Travel to Work Area as originally defined in the 1950s. The former county area is still used in some official UK statistics and by local and regional authorities, for example in transport planning, with the South West Regional Government Office commissioning a Greater Bristol Strategic Transport Study in 2005, and the local authorities presenting a Joint
Local Transport Plan to the
DfT in 2006. Other alternative names in official use for the former Avon area include the
West of England and
Severnside. The term "CUBA" (for The
County that
Used to
Be
Avon) has also occasionally been used unofficially.
The area within the administrative City of Bristol limits had a population of 380,615 according to the 2001 census. The ONS give a figure for the Bristol Urban Area of 551,066, making it the ninth largest
conurbation in England and Wales; the 1991 census figure was 522,784. The 2001 population of the former
county of Avon was 1,015,200.
According to the ONS, the Bristol Urban Area consists of the areas set out below. It should be noted that, in this context, the ONS definition of Bristol itself goes beyond the City Council area, to include such areas as Filton, Bradley Stoke and Patchway - for details see this ONS map
(External Link
).
Further Information
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