The Downs

• News / Van Dwellers

  Caravan fire prompts debate about future of van dwellers

  Residents and mobile home dwellers have raised concerns around lack of facilities and safety

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• News / Housing

  Court delays slow action on evicting Traveller encampments

  "When people are passing through they don’t necessarily respect the area as much as they might."

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• News / Society of Merchant Venturers

  Calls to stop Merchant Venturers from managing the Downs

  The Downs is run by the Downs Committee made up of councillors and Merchant Venturers

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• Festivals / Feast On

  In photos: Feast On 2024

  The three-day festival on the Downs showcased Bristol's biggest names in food and drink scene

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• News / The Downs

  Van dwellers ordered to leave the Downs

  Residents have complained about "excess waste" but a van dweller says they have "nowhere to go"

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• News / News

  First headliners announced for Forwards Festival 2024

  The two-day music festival returns to The Downs on August 31

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• News / Education

  Bid to protect former special needs school

  Local parents and charities have backed plans for the site to be handed back to the community

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• Music / massive attack

  Massive Attack announce huge new gig with a difference

  It will be their first show on home soil in five years 

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