Urban regeneration project: Temple Quarter

• Why did Temple Quarter need regeneration?

  • Decayed, Ugly
  • By Bristol Temple Meads Station - poor impression for new visitors
  • Previously an industrial area
• What are the main features of Temple Quarter regeneration project?

  • Enterprise zones e.g low rents
  • Improved access
  • New bridge across River Avon
  • Brunel‘s Engine shed £1.7m
• Was Temple Quarter regeneration successful?

  + 4,000 new jobs by 2020

  + attracts tourists

  + Redeveloped

  X Arena still not built