๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kingswood is a suburban town in South Gloucestershire, England, bordering the eastern edge of the City of Bristol. The suburb is situated 3.4 miles east-northeast of Bristol city centre and 102 miles west of London. Broadly speaking, Kingswood spans the area from John Cabot Academy in the west to the A4174 ring road in the east. Some areas which are in close proximity to Kingswood, such as Two Mile Hill and St George East (both located within the City of Bristol) and parts of Hanham and Warmley Hill are often considered to be part of Kingswood by locals.
The border between South Gloucestershire and the City of Bristol is situated at the western end of Kingswood's High Street. Although anything beyond this point is technically no longer Kingswood 'proper', locals often consider the shops and residential areas that fringe the road named 'Two Mile Hill' (located within the area of the same name) to be a continuation of Kingswood. In 2011 it had a population of 40,734.
Governance In 1894 Kingswood became an urban district, on 1 April 1974 the urban district and civil parish of Kingswood was abolished and Kingswood became an unparished area in the Kingswood district of Avon. In 1996 Kingswood became part of South Gloucestershire district. On 1 April 2023 Kingswood became a civil parish again.
Royal Forest In Saxon times, The 'King's Wood' was a royal hunting estate which surrounded Bristol, extending as far as Filwood in South Bristol. "From early days the Constable of Bristol Castle, the king's officer in the area, was also the Chief Ranger of the Kingswood Forest and the first of these recorded is Ella who died in 920. At the edge of the forest, to the north of the River Froom, lay the little hamlet of Stapleton, the name of which is Saxon in origin, being held to mean "The farm, homestead or croft - by or near the Stapol, post or pillar"".
Demography Up to the 2011 Census, Kingswood was considered by ONS as part of Bristol, being within its urban subdivision. This meant that Kingswood wasn't recognised as an individual settlement either statistically or administratively. However, in the 2021 Census, Kingswood was separated out from the administrative area of Bristol and is now recognised as a settlement in its own right by the Office of National Statistics; this has resulted in Kingswood, when combined with Fishponds, becoming the largest built up area by population in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire. Kingswood is made up of three wards: Woodstock, New Cheltenham and Kingswood Wards. These wards had a combined population of 40,734 in 2011, with a largely white British population.
Women in Kingswood had the fourth lowest life expectancy at birth, 74.3 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016.
Transport Kingswood High Street is situated around 3 miles (5ย km) south of the M4 and 2.5 miles (4ย km) east of Lawrence Hill railway station. Buses connect the town to surrounding areas including the City Centre, Southmead Hospital, Keynsham and Cribbs Causeway. Six national rail stations currently exist within South Gloucestershire. However, they are all concentrated around the highly developed North Fringe area which encompasses Filton and Bradley Stoke. However, Bristol mayor Marvin Rees' proposals for a 'Bristol Underground' envisage a line serving the East Fringe of Bristol.
Coal mining The Kingswood area first came into industrial prominence in the late 17th century, because of coal mining. Typical of these were coal fields in the Easton and Coalpit Heath/Yate areas. The coal mining history still affects the town with gardens occasionally opening up. The local MP has petitioned in Parliament for full surveys of the coal mines under the town.
The Whit Walk There is an annual procession held on the morning of the Whit Bank Holiday. Its origins are uncertain, but it appears to have taken place at least since 1939. The walk is the subject of an ethnographic study by the English anthropologist Timothy Jenkins.
Kingswood has a population of over 40,734 people. Kingswood also forms the centre of the wider South Gloucestershire District which has a population of over 285,093 people.
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Lewisham 51.461
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Battersea 51.465
๐ฉ๐ช Halle (Saale) 51.467
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Cardiff 51.467
๐ฉ๐ช Sangerhausen 51.467
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Hounslow 51.468
๐ฉ๐ช Oberhausen 51.469
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Welling 51.459
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bexleyheath 51.459
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Richmond 51.456
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Richmond upon Thames 51.456
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Wandsworth 51.455
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Putney 51.454
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bristol 51.45
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Blackburn -2.482
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Weymouth -2.457
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Telford -2.449
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Crewe -2.44
๐ฌ๐ฌ St Peter Port -2.537
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Shepton Mallet -2.547
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bristol -2.583
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Warrington -2.59
๐ช๐ธ Roquetas de Mar -2.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Chorley -2.632
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Wigan -2.633
Locations Near: Kingswood -2.51223,51.4603
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bristol -2.583,51.45 d: 5.1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bath -2.361,51.385 d: 13.4
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Shepton Mallet -2.547,51.19 d: 30.2
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Frome -2.322,51.228 d: 29
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Trowbridge -2.216,51.32 d: 25.8
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Stroud -2.215,51.744 d: 37.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Weston-super-Mare -2.978,51.348 d: 34.7
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Gloucester -2.25,51.867 d: 48.7
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Newport -3,51.583 d: 36.4
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Yeovil -2.634,50.941 d: 58.4
Antipodal to: Kingswood 177.488,-51.46
๐ณ๐ฟ Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19209.8
๐ณ๐ฟ Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19059.5
๐ณ๐ฟ Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 19030
๐ณ๐ฟ Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 19145.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18864.6
๐ณ๐ฟ Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18859.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18859.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18851.8