St Philips Marsh, Bristol
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St Philips Marsh is located in Bristol.
The site is currently home of a large retail and leisure park with Showcase cinemas and hollywood bowl among its residents. It has been extensively redevloped in the past 15 years and a bypass runs over the river avon creating a major transport link from the A4 road in south east bristol, to junction 3 of the M32 motorway near the city centre. In past years St Philips marsh was a housing development for the workers of bristols market area (now known as Old Market). One of St Philips more influncial residents during the early 1900's was George Townsend, a major property developer of the south bristol area. His family home situated in the St Annes area of bristol is still standing today and a reminder of bristols history.
