Technically, Stokes Croft is not Bohemian

As we get lots of new visitors asking about Stokes Croft, we have to provide some more details about Stokes Croft than locals need.

Stokes Croft is not Bohemian. Bohemia is a part of the Czech Republic. While there may be Czech speakers in the area -and there is a Polish supplies shop, it still isn't part of the Czech Republic. Bristol doesn't have a Welsh quarter either.

London, interestingly, does. It has a Welsh Language school, in "Brenddu", to give Brent its welsh name. Perhaps they too have police vans with "Heddlu" on the front too, as we have been seeing quite a lot of those recently.

What Stokes Croft does have is excellent artwork, and some good beverages at the cafes and pubs.

It also has that famous take-away, Slix, seen here from across the road. Behind it: ninetree hill, Thomas Street, Dove Street and the Kingsdown escarpment.

Speaking of Slix, last month we linked to a review of it, which, in the filtered reviews, included this portion of a one-star review:

Just after I had ordered a guy came in and ordered the same as me.  Quickly after ordering he shouting at the man behind the counter "yo! Make it a fresh one this time!"

I knew then that this wasn't the best choice of take away.  I was then handed a stale bun in a napkin.  The burger was dry and a bit crispy, closer to a biscuit than a burger.  The lettuce was off and the relish tasted like it had fermented.

Slix's lawyers have been in touch to make it clear that this review gives the misleading impression that it is possible to get meals cooked fresh if specifically requested. Such an accusation is without proof, and therefore must not be repeated.  

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Queries that Bring visitors

As part of our "watching you, watching us" series, here are some of the keywords that brought visitors to the site. Stokes croft was the main bringer of visitors, more about the riot than the wonders of Slix. Comments appear after the "-" symbols.

• stokes croft riot -481 visits with the word stokes croft
• stokes croft tesco
• bristol stoke gifford riots -got some bad news for you there: nothing happens in S Gloucs.
• coronation road cycle path bristol -we call it the farm pub path
• bri parking -70 visits on this
• dropped kerb kingsdown-yeah, they ticket you for parking there
• vertical parking technique
• "the aa" -we are coming up in the first page of results here!
• cllr gollop cycling
• parking near cabot circus -walk from the stokes croft bike lane. 50 hits for this last month.
• parking near primark bristol -see above
• brunel ford -ooh, top five there.
• cabot circus free parking -not any more
• cheap parking near cabot circus -for shoppers, the big multistorey car park
• hack tachographs -always use a TOR proxy when planning to break the law
• hiviz fetish - still?
• aa driving school -top 5 there too
• bristol massage parlour extras - get in touch, we have a special on Keith Chegwin accessories
• british school of motoring how to park -if they knew, they'd tell us
• bus lane fine in bristol if dropping someone off - possibly
• can i turn right from zetland road to gloucester road -yes
• eric pickles declares war - we are #1 on google on this now
• free parking in bristol st michael's -yes, on evenings and weekends
• free parking near college green -only for councillors
• is it illegal to block a junction on a road in standing traffic -yes, but it doesn't stop the AA doing it, so it must be OK
• is stokes croft a bad area? depends: good for drugs and paid sex, some of the bars are OK.
• kingsdown parking permits for sale -yes, we found that out, didn't we?
• mr ahmadou spiritual healer - but can he fix speeding tickets?
• parking at abbeywood b&q - bills come in the post if you do this all day: the students learned this a while ago
• stapleton road bristol sex for sell -apparently so
• prostitutes and truck parking -see above
• ubht staff parking -lots.
• will my car get towed in st pauls bristol -try it and see
• can you get done for 30 mph in a 20 zone -yes, and we hear they are issuing tickets now

Remember: if you are researching illegal acts, always use an anonymising proxy server. We do.

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Kingsdown RPZ permits for sale!

The real issues in the city are surfacing now that Stokes Croft is calming down. Parking in Kingsdown -which is the place you want to be if you want to throw bricks down at the police, or have a quiet lunchtime beverage or two in the Hillgrove.

The good news is that someone is selling day passes on gumtree. 40 days for £50. Not bad, if these are the first fifty of a household -the ones you get free. If not, well, you can get 50 for £50, so you make £10 on each 40 you sell. We congratulate the vendor, Tom, for their entrepreneurial spirit.

update: the ad got deleted, so we've reproduced it except the phone number

40 x Bristol Kingsdown Visitor Parking Permits £50 kingsdown, Bristol


Reply to this ad or tom on (deleted)


Park in the kingsdown areaof bristol for roughly a pound a day.


Bargain. using a machine to payanddisplay would cost you a fortune

What we can't do is praise their information security tactics. Tom lists his phone number. Which, if you search for on google, brings up other references to someone called Tom Arkell, and their facebook page. We hope that he isn't the same Tom Arkell that's listed on the university law department rugby team, as one expectation of people studying law is reading and understanding things like the RPZ regulations which say that one-day passes "However, it cannot be transferred between households and must not be sold on."

Really, that's just incompetent. Tom: invest a couple of quid and get a disposable SIM card just for such transactions -or use a disposable email address. We would -if we had any permits to sell. As it is, we aren't interested, as with a disabled sticker on our van we don't need them.

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