{"id":31042,"date":"2016-10-21T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-hotwells-bristol-its-enchanting\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T22:39:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:39:04","slug":"lets-move-to-hotwells-bristol-its-enchanting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-hotwells-bristol-its-enchanting\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Hotwells, Bristol \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s enchanting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe old Bristol of radical politics, Rastafarian culture, 60s concrete beside Tudor beams still lurks beneath the fresh paint What\u2019s going for it? The multicoloured terraces of Hotwells, as lurid as M&M\u2019s, cling to the hillside like a\u00a0hipster favela. They have become a symbol of the city, reproduced on promotional material and Instagram accounts celebrating nu-look Bristol. I hadn\u2019t been to the city for a couple of years and, yes, maybe it\u2019s time to believe the hype. Bristol has an energy I\u2019ve never seen in the place before, alive with creativity, waistbands bursting with its proliferating food and drink scene. Mercifully, it has yet to fall in love with itself, the old Bristol of radical politics, Rastafarian culture, rusting boats or 60s concrete beside Tudor beams still lurking beneath the fresh paint. In enchanting Hotwells, which in a 17th-century form of urban regeneration was once a spa to rival Bath, you\u2019ll still find community playgrounds, quiet, crumbling lanes tumbling down the slope, proper boozers and snatches of weedy space un-built-upon-by-property-developers. Long may it last (but, miseryguts, I doubt it will).The case against I hope you have good brakes\/a\u00a0good clutch and are deft at reversing backwards up a hill and round corners; narrow lanes and\u00a0ratruns. Hotwell Road is busier than the M5. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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