Part of the Barton Hill estate.

Easton is an inner city area of the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Informally the area is considered to stretch east of Bristol city centre and the M32 motorway, centred around Lawrence Hill. Its northern and eastern borders are less defined, merging into St Phillips Marsh and Eastville. The area includes the Lawrence Hill and Barton Hill estates. Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: User:Steinsky/photos Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Cities/Bristol Easton, Bristol ... Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: User:Steinsky/photos Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Cities/Bristol Easton, Bristol ... The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the two administrative centres of South West England (the other being Plymouth). ... St Augustines Reach from St Augustines Parade during the 2004 Harbour festival The central area of the city of Bristol, South West England, is the area south of the central ring road and north of the Floating Harbour, bordered north by St Pauls and Easton, east by Temple... Categories: Road stubs | UK motorways | Bristol ... There are several places bearing the name Eastville: Eastville, in the city of Bristol, England Eastville, in the county of Lincolnshire, England Eastville, in the state of Viginia, United States of America This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...

In administrative terms, Easton comprises the electoral wards of Easton and part of Lawrence Hill. It is located within the Bristol East constituency. Bristol East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Demographics

The Census 2001 reports Easton has a younger average age than that of England and Wales, and that around 35% of the population is of Black or Asian origin. This figure rises towards Lawrence Hill. Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...

Easton is one of the most deprived areas in the South West of England, with the Lawrence Hill ward the most deprived ward in the region and one of the most deprived in Britain. This has resulted in the area being granted European Union objective 2 status and '[New Deal for Communities]' status by the UK government which is only granted to the most underprivileged urban wards.

British crime statistics do not go to ward level, but the general perception in Bristol is that Easton has a high crime rate, especially in relation to knife, violent crime and robberies.

 Back in the early twentieth century people living outside the areas of Lawrence Hill and Easton were fearful of travelling to these areas as they were afraid of being robbed. Moving ahead in time however, Easton continues to be part of a thriving diverse multi-cultural community with many arts and political activities. 

Despite these problems (or perhaps because of them), Easton is a vibrant community with many local community and pressure groups, local bands, political groups and some anarchist communes. It also has three separate Mosques, a Synagogue, a Sikh Temple and several churches of different denominations. In the northern part of Easton, market research information also confirms perceptions of higher than average current affairs interests, high rates of those educated to degree level and higher rates than average of those working in the public sector. Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... A synagogue or synagog (from Greek συναγωγη, transliterated sunagoge, place of assembly literally meeting, assembly) is a Jewish house of prayer and study. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ...

St Marks Road in northern Easton includes one of Britain’s highest rated Vegetarian restaurants (by the British Vegetarian Society 2004), as well as Moroccan and Indian sub continent restaurants and shops specialising in organic and ethnic foods, further reinforcing the area's reputation as 'alternative'.

Transport

Easton has two local railway stations, Lawrence Hill and Stapleton Road, which are serviced by trains on the Severn Beach line plus occasional services to and from Gloucester or South Wales, but which lie on the main line to South Wales, the Midlands, Scotland and London. The M32 motorway marks the border of Easton to the north. The A4320 dual carriageway also cuts the area in two. Severn Beach is a small town on the mouth of the river Severn in South Gloucestershire in England. ... This early German Autobahn uses a dual carriageway design. ...

Sources

• Office of National Statistics Census data [1]]
• Wessex Trains [2]]
• Multimap.com [3]
• Bristol City Council Regeneration information [4]
• Data relating to the South West of England from http://www.southwest-ra.gov.uk.
• Market research and more 'qualatitive' information taken from ACORN area analysis (c) CACI UK Ltd and can be veiwed at http://www.upmystreet.co.uk (a postcode is required for specific information).