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{{Short description|Suburb and ward of Bristol, England}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Hartcliffe | coordinates = {{coord|51.4092|-2.5987|display=inline,title}} | map_type = nomap | static_image_name = Hartcliffe 2.jpg | static_image_caption = View of Hartcliffe in the foreground, with the rest of Bristol beyond. | static_image_2_name = Bristol hartcliffe.png | static_image_2_caption = Boundaries of the former city council ward (1999-2016). | civil_parish = | population = 11,474 | population_ref = (2011 ward)<ref>{{cite web | title=Hartcliffe | work=2011 Census Ward Information Sheet | url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/hartcliffe-wis.pdf | access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref> | unitary_england = [[Bristol]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Bristol]] | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = [[Bristol South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South]] | post_town = BRISTOL | postcode_district = BS13 | postcode_area = BS | dial_code = 0117 | os_grid_reference = ST584679 }} '''Hartcliffe''' is an outer suburb of the city of [[Bristol]], England, on the southern edge of the city at the foot of [[Dundry Hill]]. It is a post-World War II development consisting largely of [[council house]]s. It is one of the poorer areas of Bristol, with significant social problems exacerbated by the decline of industrial employment in the city. Hartcliffe was also the name of an [[wards of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] for [[Bristol City Council]] from 1999 to 2016. The ward contained the areas of Hartcliffe and Headley Park as well as small portions of [[Withywood]] and [[Bishopsworth]].<ref>legislation.gov.uk β [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2699/made The City of Bristol (Electoral Changes) Order 1998]. Retrieved 4 October 2015.</ref> Since 2016, Hartcliffe has been in [[Hartcliffe and Withywood]] electoral ward.<ref>legislation.gov.uk β [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1871/made The Bristol (Electoral Changes) Order 2015]. Retrieved 20 April 2016.</ref> ==History == [[File:Hartcliffmethodistchurch.jpg|thumb|left|Hartcliffe Methodist Church]] In 1951, {{convert|696|acre|km2}} of Bishopsworth parish were transferred from Somserset to Bristol,<ref>The Somerset and Bristol (Alteraton of boundaries) Order, 1951</ref> and construction started in 1952 after the [[compulsory purchase]] of the farms on this land. A small shopping area was built at Symes Avenue, and the first church (St Andrew) opened in 1956. [[File:Old Imperial Tobacco Head Quarters - geograph.org.uk - 1061570.jpg|thumb|left|Former Imperial Tobacco offices being converted into apartments]] [[Imperial Tobacco]] once had offices and a factory in Hartcliffe. Part of the site is now the Imperial Retail Park while the [[listed building|listed]] headquarters building has been converted into the [[Lakeshore, Bristol|Lakeshore]] flats. ==Community facilities== Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership (HWCP) was formed by local residents in 1998 to help support the regeneration and renewal of the area. Schools within Hartcliffe include Fair Furlong Primary School, Hareclive Academy, and [[Bridge Learning Campus]]. Hartcliffe Community Farm was opened in 1979 by Hartcliffe Community Council leader Doris Fiedor (1919β1995) who founded the community farm. It has over {{convert|30|acre|m2}} of land based at the farmyard at the top of Lampton Avenue, Hartcliffe. A 250-year-old tithe barn was erected at the farm by YTS trainees but burned down in an arson attack. The farm remains open daily to the public and hosts regular visits by school parties. Symes Avenue is the district shopping centre serving the outer estates of Hartcliffe and Withywood with a total population of around 20,000 people. In 2007, a [[Morrisons]] supermarket and a new library opened as part of a redevelopment project. ==Economic and social deprivation== The estates have long been identified as suffering a multitude of different problems which characterise a socially excluded community.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ewles|first1=Linda|last2=Harris|first2=Wendy|last3=Roberts|first3=Einir|last4=Shepard|first4=Mike|title=Community health development on a Bristol housing estate: A review of a local project ten years on|journal=Health Education Journal|date=2001|volume=66|issue=1|pages=59β72|doi=10.1177/001789690106000107|s2cid=72771424 }}</ref> On 16 July 1992 there was a riot in Hartcliffe after two men who were riding a stolen and unmarked police motorbike were killed in a chase with an unmarked police car. The disturbance lasted for three days. Police were stoned and many shops in the Symes Avenue shopping centre were attacked and destroyed. Around the same time, [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] leader [[Paddy Ashdown]] claimed that health indicators in the area were comparable to those of a [[Third World]] country.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/no-go-britain-where-what-why-1370749.html | title = No-Go Britain: Where, what, why | newspaper = The Independent | date = 16 April 1994}}</ref> According to crime statistics between 2017 and 2018, The Groves in Hartcliffe is considered one of Bristol's ten most dangerous streets.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Turnnidge |first1=Sarah |last2=Goodier |first2=Michael |date=2018-11-10 |title=These are Bristol's most dangerous streets |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-crime-bristol-dangerous-streets-2193663 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=BristolLive |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{commons category}} {{reflist}} {{Districts of Bristol}} [[Category:Areas of Bristol]] [[Category:Wards of Bristol]] [[Category:City farms in Bristol]] [[Category:Places formerly in Somerset]]
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