Turbo Island
Turbo Island is a small triangular plot of land at the junction of Stokes Croft and Jamaica Street in Bristol, England. A privately owned but informally used open space, it has for decades been a gathering place for street drinkers, homeless people, artists and partygoers, and is known for bonfires, impromptu parties and street art. It is widely regarded as a symbol of the alternative and countercultural identity of Stokes Croft, while also being a long-standing focus of complaints about anti-social behaviour. The plot was created by bomb damage during the Bristol Blitz of the Second World War, and for much of the later 20th century carried an advertising hoarding whose rear wall became a street art canvas. Its name is generally said to derive from a cheap, strong cider associated with the street drinkers who congregated there; it is sometimes also called "Cider Island". In 2009 it was the subject of a community archaeological excavation of a "contemporary homeless place", later published in a peer-reviewed journal. After the landowner laid tarmac over the site in 2022, the plot was put up for sale in 2024 and sold privately to an advertising company, prompting a community campaign to register it as a town or village green. A public inquiry into that application sat in June and July 2026, with a decision expected later in the year.
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Bristol Broadmead
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