Bristol’s open land is being funded, contested and explored in the same news cycle

On 24 September, Filton Voice reported that Filton Community Garden and its annual festival are among the first grassroots organisations to benefit from a new fund awarded by the developer behind the Brabazon project [1]. Bristol 24/7 reported the same day that three campaign groups said a St Philip’s Marsh development lacks green space [5]. The same outlet also reported Belmont Estate expanded its historic landholding with a 133-acre purchase [4]. The Bristol Older People’s Forum said a sensory tree walk at Oldbury Court will take place on 29 October, hosted with Friends of Oldbury Court and Your Park Bristol and Bath [3]. Bristol Civic Society also announced a photographic tour of the city’s 20th-century buildings led by the Bristol Modernist Society’s co-founders [2]. Read together, the announcements show open land and built heritage around Bristol being approached from community, planning and heritage perspectives at once.