Brandon Hill, Bristol

The two-hectare nature reserve has been run since 1980 by the Avon Wildlife Trust who have their headquarters beside the park.

St George's Church lies on Great George Street on the eastern slope, Berkeley Square is on the northern edge, and the school buildings of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital are on the western side.

Before the Reformation, a hermitage and chapel dedicated to the Irish saint Brendan stood at the summit of the hill, in which a series of hermits lived between 1314 and 1480, including the anchoress Lucy de Newchurch.

[5][6] During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century it was a popular venue for public meetings by reform groups like the Chartists.

In the Rabbit Premier League, a Fantasy Football league hailing from Downers Grove, Illinois, a team in the Cottontail International Division is based in Bristol, specifically Brandon: The Brandon Hill Perlfees.