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Fishponds Bristol Map

Traditional county: Bristol · Unitary authority: City of Bristol · Region: South West

Explore Fishponds, Bristol with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fishponds map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Fishponds, Bristol

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fishponds, Bristol, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceFishponds
Traditional CountyBristol
Unitary AuthorityCity of Bristol
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.481467
Longitude-2.528070
Place TypeOther Settlement

About Fishponds

Fishponds reveals its character through the steady hum of a working suburb that once drew its identity from the stone quarries and springs that gave the place its name. It lies 2.8 miles south-east of Filton (from Filton: bearing 136°T, OS grid ST 634 759), and is situated north-west of Hillfields village. The morning light often catches the high, red-brick walls of the old hospital grounds, where the shadows stretch long across the quiet paths leading toward the nearby Glenside Hospital Museum. Residents find a respite in the open expanse of Fishponds Park, a central lung of greenery where the air feels cooler and the noise of the main road fades into a distant, rhythmic murmur. To the north, the sloping terrain of Oldbury Court offers a wilder landscape, where the ancient trees seem to hold the memory of the land before the Victorian terraces arrived. The local streets carry a lingering sense of industry, though the heavy tools of the past have long since given way to the domestic quietude of gardens and terraced rows. One might spot the local public artwork, Fish on its Nose, a playful metal reminder of the water that shaped the topography of the surroundings. Fishponds endures as a place of transition, balancing the weight of its architectural heritage with the persistent, everyday movement of those who live there now.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Fishponds Park (Park) — 0.0 mi, 146° SE
  • Fish on its Nose / Fishponds Fish (Public Artwork) — 0.3 mi, 196° SSW
  • Glenfrome (Valley) — 0.5 mi, 346° NNW
  • Hillfields Park (Park) — 0.6 mi, 144° SE
  • Oldbury Court (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.6 mi, 007° N · 48 ha
  • Glenside Hospital Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 281° W
  • Frenchay Village Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 357° N
  • Duchess Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 301° WNW
  • Sims' Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 340° NNW
  • Star Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 306° NW
  • Duke of Beaufort Memorial (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 317° NW
  • Duchess Obelisk (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 306° NW
  • Tomb of the Horatii (Historic Ruins) — 1.3 mi, 287° WNW
  • Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery 590M North East Of Highwood House, Pur Down, Bristol (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 281° WNW · 1 ha
  • Gun Position 2 (Historic Ruins) — 1.4 mi, 281° WNW
  • Horfield Brook (River) — 2.1 mi, 268° W
  • Easton Community Cinema (Cinema) — 2.1 mi, 230° SW
  • Boiling Wells Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 257° WSW
  • Bury Hillfort (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 031° NNE · 3 ha
  • Black Horse Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 055° NE
  • Warmley Brook (River) — 2.3 mi, 122° ESE
  • St Anne's Well (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 199° SSW
  • The George Müller Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 264° W
  • Olympus Theatre (Theatre) — 2.4 mi, 332° NNW
  • Winterbourne Railway Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 024° NNE · 2 ha
  • Moated Site 725M North East Of Mount Pleasant Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 148° SSE · 2 ha
  • Wake The Tiger (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 214° SW
  • Kingswood Heritage Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 133° SE
  • Flaxpits Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.0 mi, 025° NNE
  • Black Castle (Castle) — 3.0 mi, 208° SSW

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About This Fishponds Map Page

Explore Fishponds, Bristol, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.481467, -2.528070. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.