Calls for changes to Bristol's quirky 'widest street'

It’s one of the quirks of the city’s late Victorian urban planning - but for some reason, the spot where four roads in Brislington meet could well be the widest residential street in Bristol - and now the people who live there are talking about doing something about it.

Many all around Bristol will know the spot - particularly if they are fan of the award-winning ice cream from the legendary family ice cream business Tarr’s, which is located on one of the corners.

It’s where Sandown Road meets Sandholme Road, with the ends of Upper Sandhurst Road and Sandhurst Road meeting there too. For anyone used to the standard Victorian terraced streets of Bristol, the junction is strikingly big, with nothing except the tarmac of the road in s

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