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Historic Cattle Market Tavern to be demolished
The Cattle Market Tavern will be demolished to make way for the University of Bristol’s new £300m campus.
The future of the historic pub has been uncertain for years, but it has now been confirmed that the city council will demolish all of the buildings on the Cattle Market site next to Temple Meads.
It will mean the end for a pub built in 1910 which used to serve the workers in the nearby sorting office but which closed in 1997 when Royal Mail moved to Filton.
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Bristol Wood Recycling Project currently use the Cattle Market site and are looking for a new home
Bristol Pubs Group (BPG) had supported the retention of the Cattle Market Tavern as part of the development of the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
Writing in the current edition of Pints West, the regional magazine for Camra members, Ian Beckey said: “BPG will oppose any developer planning application to demolish the pub and would instead encourage (the University of Bristol) to see the positive benefits in retaining it as a focal point for the new university campus student village.”
Beckey said that there is also the potential for the pub to be a meeting point for railway passengers and those accessing the new boardwalks along the Floating Harbour.
He added: “Reusing the surviving heritage in the area could thus add a richness and local character to the Temple Quarter redevelopment zone which might otherwise run the risk of looking like any other Bristol waterfront development scheme.
“This in spite of the developers’ avowed intention of making the Temple Quarter development a ‘unique’ or ‘iconic’ project.”
A floating boardwalk could link Temple Quay to the future site of Bristol Arena. The proposed Harbour Walkway will provide a pontoon boardwalk from the ferry landing stage to ‘Arena Island’ wide enough to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists. The route will pass under the railway viaduct and continue to Totterdown Basin, along a corridor that is planned to be redeveloped with cafes, offices and flats built over the next decade.
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