Walk in Bristol
with Richie
Millennium Square
5 Nearest Attraction
(400 foot - 1 min walking)
(0,1 mile - 3 min walking)
(0,2 mile - 5 min walking)
(0,2 mile - 5 min walking)
5. Harbourside
(0,3 mile - 5 min walking)
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Nearest Public Toilet
Millenium Square car park public toilets
Canons Way, Bristoly, Bristol BS1 5LL
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Millennium Promenade, Bristol BS1 5TY
Millennium Square is a location in the centre of Bristol, England. It was built as part of the At Bristol (now We the Curios) development, and has become a popular public area.
Millennium Square is home to a BBC Big Screen and a large water feature. A bronze statue of Bristol-born actor Cary Grant by sculptor Graham Ibbeson was unveiled by Grant's widow in 2001.
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Richie's opinion :
"The Millennium Sqare is a large, modern space, close to the Harbourside, almost constantly home to events: outdoor dance lessons, aerobics classes, flashmobs and performances, concerts and various events such as the Festival of Nature, the Bristol Light Festival, the Christmas Apres bar and Fun World as well as the Harborside Festival all like to take possession of the place, which is a must-see part of Bristol. Don't miss it either. ;)"
About Millennium Square
Millennium Square is a location in the centre of Bristol.
It was built as part of the At Bristol (now We the curious) development, and has become a popular public area.
Millennium Square is home to a BBC Big Screen and a large water feature.
A bronze statue of Bristol-born actor Cary Grant by sculptor Graham Ibbeson was unveiled by Grant's widow in 2001.
Other bronze sculptures include William Penn, William Tyndale and Thomas Chatterton, all three by Lawrence Holofcener.
There are also a number of small painted bronze Jack Russell terrier dogs by Cathie Pilkington, some of which are set into the paved surface, as if they were swimming.
An analemma is built into the paving slabs.
The four statues below were erected in the New Millennium Square:
William Tyndale (1492-1536) was born in Gloucestershire.
He became a tutor in Old Sodbury but later developed an interest in translating the Bible into English.
As this was forbidden he moved to Germany.
He was later arrested for heresy, imprisoned, strangled and burnt.
The statue shows him at work on his translation of the New Testament.
William Penn (1644-1718), son of Bristolian Admiral Sir William Penn, became a quaker in 1677.
Founder of the colony of Pennsylvania, Penn married Hannah Callowhill in the Meeting House at Quakers Friars, Bristol in 1696 and three years later returned with her to America.
The words inscribed on the scroll are: "Death is but crossing the World as Friends do the seas, they live in one another still."
On a bench sits Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770).
The boy poet succeeded in passing off his poetry as that of a 15th Century monk named Rowley.
He travelled to London to seek fame and fortune but found people indifferent to him.
He committed suicide at the age of seventeen.
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This life-size bronze statue of Cary Grant, in Millennium Square, was unveiled on December 7th 2001.
Originally there had been hopes that it might be erected outside the Hippodrome where he started his career, but this was not feasible because of lack of space.
The unveiling was performed by his widow Barbara.
Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach in Hughenden Road, Horfield on January 18th 1904 and attended Bishop Road and Fairfield schools before turning to acting and sailing away to eventual fame in Hollywood.
He often revisited Bristol to see his mother and looked in at Fairfield on some occasions.
The statue by sculptor Graham Ibbeson, shows Cary in his characteristic urbane style, familiar to generations of filmgoers.
In his hand he carries a script for To Catch A Thief, the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film in which he starred with Grace Kelly.
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