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Bristol ( (listen)) is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire, to the north; and Somerset, to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in South West England.
The wider Bristol Built-up Area is the eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom.Iron Age hill forts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon, and around the beginning of the 11th century, the settlement was known as Brycgstow (Old English "the place at the bridge"). Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities, after London, in tax receipts; however, it was surpassed by the rapid rise of Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool in the Industrial Revolution.
Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World. On a ship out of Bristol in 1497 John Cabot, a Venetian, became the first European to land on mainland North America. In 1499 William Weston, a Bristol merchant was the first Englishman to lead an exploration to North America. At the height of the Bristol slave trade, from 1700 to 1807, more than 2,000 slave ships carried an estimated 500,000 people from Africa to slavery in the Americas. The Port of Bristol has since moved from Bristol Harbour in the city centre to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Dock.
Bristol's modern economy is built on the creative media, electronics and aerospace industries, and the city-centre docks have been redeveloped as centres of heritage and culture. The city has the largest circulating community currency in the UK; the Bristol pound, which is pegged to the Pound sterling. The city has two universities, the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England, and a variety of artistic and sporting organisations and venues including the Royal West of England Academy, the Arnolfini, Spike Island, Ashton Gate and the Memorial Stadium. It is connected to London and other major UK cities by road and rail, and to the world by sea and air: road, by the M5 and M4 (which connect to the city centre by the Portway and M32); rail, via Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway mainline rail stations; and Bristol Airport.
One of the UK's most popular tourist destinations, Bristol was named the best city in Britain in which to live in 2014 and 2017, and won the European Green Capital Award in 2015.

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    Plumbing & Heating Bath, Bristol, Taunton, Somerset | ADS [Deleted]

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    Plumbing Bath, Bristol, Taunton & Somerset | ADS Plumbing [Deleted]

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    Plumber and Heating Engineer in Bristol required

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    MIN WAGE WORK FOR EXPERIENCE BRISTOL

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    Bristol - Connecting NEST thermostat to worcester greenstar / thermal store

    Hi I'm looking for a plumber able to connect the gas boiler to the thermostat, thermal store and valves. Our previous plumber said it was the electricians job & left. The electrician said it was the plumbers. We have all the bits, just not connected. BS6 Bristol. Pm me for my mobile Ta, Stephen.
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    Plumber in Bristol, newbuilt project

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    charity day in bristol

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    Trainee plumber/plumbers mate required in bristol

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    Bristol Plumbers :)

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    Hello from Bristol

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    New Bristol Plumber

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    plumbers mate/ improver needed Bristol

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    Looking for plumbers mate/improver in Bristol

    Hi I'm looking for a self employed plumbers mate/ improver to work along side me and another plumber must have some plumbing experience and driving license.
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    Trainee plumber in Bristol

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    Desperate for a job.. HELP PLEASE. BRISTOL

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    Help help help bristol

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    Apprentice plumbing and heating engineer in Bristol

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    Hello - plumbers mate from bristol

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    level 2 plumber looking for work as mate/trainee BRISTOL

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    Looking for a plumber for leaking boiler Brislington, Bristol

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