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| - | ====== Bardwick ====== | + | ====== Bradwick ====== |
| Bradwick is the main town in Wootenshire. It's a sprawling seaside resort now fallen on hard times. | Bradwick is the main town in Wootenshire. It's a sprawling seaside resort now fallen on hard times. | ||
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| ==== Victorian Period ==== | ==== Victorian Period ==== | ||
| - | A Victorian philanthropist who grew up in the area and got rich. When the county boundaries were established, he ensured that Wootenshire got a decent stretch of coastline and paid for and owned the initial hotels, railway stations etc. | + | A Victorian philanthropist who grew up in the area and got rich lobbied to have the county boundary of Wootenshire to include a decent stretch of coastline. He then, with his friends, paid for and owned the initial hotels, railway station, and other trappings to transform Bradwick from a small fishing village to a seaside retreat. |
| ==== 20th Century to Present Day ==== | ==== 20th Century to Present Day ==== | ||
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| ==== Coopers End ==== | ==== Coopers End ==== | ||
| - | This is definitely the rougher part of town. It's a sprawling council estate loosely grouped around four low rise blocks that are linked by concrete walkways. To the north, it borders onto the more desirable Seaview Estate. | + | This is definitely the rougher part of town. It's a sprawling council estate loosely grouped around four low rise blocks that are linked by concrete walkways. To the north, it borders onto the more desirable [[wiki:seaview_estate|Seaview Estate]]. |
| ==== Seaview Estate ==== | ==== Seaview Estate ==== | ||
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| The road itself runs parallel to the beach but is about a quarter of a mile inland. However, as it goes across a rise, all the houses here command good sea views. This is the most expensive area to buy houses in Bradwick, as all the houses were built as detached homes in the Victorian era for the wealthy classes of the town. In common usage, the phrase "Spalley Road" has come to encompass the surrounding streets which also feature well built, up market houses with good views. | The road itself runs parallel to the beach but is about a quarter of a mile inland. However, as it goes across a rise, all the houses here command good sea views. This is the most expensive area to buy houses in Bradwick, as all the houses were built as detached homes in the Victorian era for the wealthy classes of the town. In common usage, the phrase "Spalley Road" has come to encompass the surrounding streets which also feature well built, up market houses with good views. | ||
| + | ==== High Street ==== | ||
| + | Back from the seafront, but before you get to Spalley Road, there is the High Street, the main retail section of the town. It is linked to the train station by a main road that skirts around to the south of Spalley Road. This road, Station Road, has also become commercial with small businesses, petrol stations and newsagents along its length. In the High Street is the police station, home to [[wiki:bradwick_cid|Bradwick CID]]. | ||
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| + | ===== Topography ===== | ||
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| + | To the east of Bradwick, the M5 runs north-south, with a junction with the A361 that serves the town. Between the M5 and the town itself, runs the main railway line from Bristol to Exeter. This has a station at Bradwick, with a ticket hall and car-park. The location of the railway means that the town spreads out to the east to meet it. | ||
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| + | To the north of the town are old docks and industrial estates. Once home to a thriving boat building and repair business, they fell out of use as the creeks were too small to handle modern boats, and most business went up the coast to Avonmouth and Portishead. The only survivor in this area is the Bradwick and District Yacht Club which sits just to the north of the town, with its clubhouse on the largest harbour. [[wiki:barbara_weathers|Barbara Weathers]] is the landlady. | ||
| ===== Culture ===== | ===== Culture ===== | ||
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