| Speedwell | |
|---|---|
  Speedwell Location withinBristol | |
| Population | 2,342 |
| OS grid reference | ST635745 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS5, BS15 |
| Dialling code | 0117 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| 51°28′06″N2°31′36″W / 51.4682°N 2.5268°W /51.4682; -2.5268 | |
Speedwell is an area of eastBristol, Part of theHillfields ward. It has a mixture of residential and industrial land.
The 2014 population estimate of the population of Speedwell was 2,342.[1]
The one School in the area isBristol Brunel Academy, previously known as Speedwell Technology College and Speedwell Secondary School. It was Bristol's first specialist school - a technology college since 1997. In 2007 the Academy moved into all-new purpose built buildings and the old school buildings were demolished.[2]
The Speedwell area had many small coal mines in the 19th century.[3][4] In the 1970s some of these old workings had to be stabilised in the area of Speedwell secondary school. A goods only railway connected the collieries and thePeckett and Sons locomotive works (also known as the Atlas Locomotive Works) with the Midland railway at Kingswood junction.[5] In the early 1970s, shortly after Avon county council was formed, approximately half of Speedwell secondary school burnt down, the school was partly rebuilt. A number of 'temporary'prefab houses, built in the housing shortage after theWorld War II, existed in the west side of the suburb into the 21st century.[6]
