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Victoria Park, Bristol

Parks and open spaces in Bristol
Bristol city centre, from Victoria Park, Bedminster 1989 (geograph 4297455)
Bristol city centre, from Victoria Park, Bedminster 1989 (geograph 4297455)

Victoria Park is a park and open space near Bedminster, Bristol, on Windmill hill. It lies to the east of Bedminster railway station and south of the Bristol to Exeter line.The park features tennis courts, a bowling green, a skate park, a table-tennis table, a 1.7-kilometre (1.1 mi) marked route for joggers, various exercise stations and a children's play area.

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Victoria Park, Bristol
Windmill Close, Bristol Redcliffe

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N 51.44084 ° E -2.5869 °
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Windmill Close
BS3 4DP Bristol, Redcliffe
England, United Kingdom
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Bristol city centre, from Victoria Park, Bedminster 1989 (geograph 4297455)
Bristol city centre, from Victoria Park, Bedminster 1989 (geograph 4297455)
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British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum

The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum (grid reference ST597725) was a museum in Bristol, England, exploring the history of the British Empire and the effect of British colonial rule on the rest of the world. The museum opened in 2002 and entered voluntary liquidation in 2013. The museum opened in 2002 in Bristol's historic old railway station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, following renovation and conversion costing £8 million. It was completed in 1840 and includes the passenger shed and the adjoining former engine and carriage shed. It is over 220 ft long (67 m) with timber and iron roof spans of 72 ft (22 m), this Grade I listed building has been nominated as part of a World Heritage Site.The museum had a flourishing publications department, producing books on aspects of colonial life such as the history of the Northern Rhodesia Police, and a register of titles of the regiments of the Honourable East India Company and East Indian Armies. The museum also held the collection of artefacts of the Commonwealth Institute; extensive photograph stills, paper, film and oral history archives, and a costume collection. These are now in the care of Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives (apart from loans which were returned to their owners).The museum was also the home of the New World Tapestry.Unlike many national museums in Britain, the BECM was not publicly funded, but owned and operated by a charitable trust; consequently an admission charge was in place.