Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park

Infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Southampton
official_name= Bitterne Park
latitude = 50.9238
longitude = -1.3718
population = 13,276Cite web | url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=6073262&c=bitterne+park&d=14&e=15&g=411967&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1215212717730&enc=1 | title=Bitterne Park (Ward) — Key Figures for 2001 Census: Key Statistics | publisher=Office for National Statistics | date=2001 | accessdate=2008-07-04]
area_total_km2 =
unitary_england= Southampton
lieutenancy_england= Hampshire
post_town= SOUTHAMPTON
postcode_area= SO
dial_code= 023
constituency_westminster=Southampton Itchen
region = South East England
postcode_district = SO18
static_

static_image_caption = Cobden Bridge crosses the River Itchen at Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park is a suburb and Electoral Ward of Southampton, England, on the Eastern bank of the River Itchen, built on sloping parkland which once formed part of Bitterne Manor.

Bitterne Park Ward includes the suburbs of Bitterne Park, Bitterne Manor, Midanbury and Townhill Park, and had a population of 13,276 as of the 2001 Census. The ward is bounded by Bevois, Portswood and Swaythling wards across the River Itchen to the west, and Harefield and Peartree wards to the east.

Local Area

The area is largely residential, with Bitterne Park Triangle (sometimes shortened to 'Bitterne Triangle' or simply 'The Triangle') as its focal point. A number of shops cluster around The Triangle, including Tesco Express and a CWS Co-operative Welcome store, a traditional butcher, a greengrocer, a bakery, second-hand furniture and Persian carpet shops, a chiropody clinic (Footmatters), a dental laboratory, a Barnardo's charity shop and a newly established art gallery; "Spice Art Studios".

There have been no banking facilities since the closure of NatWest's Triangle branch in the 1990s and later the Post Office branch; however, there is a cash machine in the Co-operative store. There has been a recent boom in take-away restaurants in Bitterne Triangle, including a fish and chip shop, a kebab house, Chinese restaurants, Thai restaurants and an Indian restaurant.

Bitterne Park is also home to several schools, a local library, and a Buddhist Centre. Since 2008 the Church of the Ascension has contained the lightest ring of twelve bells in the country [ [http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/home.php Dove's Guide: Home page ] ] [ [http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/latest/display.var.2155620.0.new_bells_to_ring_out_at_city_church.php New Bells To Ring Out At City Church (from Daily Echo) ] ] .

Bitterne Park is at the Eastern edge of the Cobden Bridge, which links the area to St. Denys on the Western bank of the Itchen. The Southern section of Southampton's Riverside Park is located in Bitterne Park, providing pleasant walks along the Itchen, up to and beyond the reach of the tide at Woodmill, where the circular saw was invented.

References

External links

* [http://www.bitternepark.info Bitternepark.info]

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