On Tuesday 16 December there will also be an opportunity to meet some of the people behind the proposals between 12.30pm and 2pm and between 5pm and 7pm. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to discuss any queries they may have and talk face to face with representatives of the University and the project team.

The proposed development is to be built on part of the old Children’s Hospital site on the corner of St Michael’s Hill and Tyndall Avenue. It will create over £80 million-worth of education and research facilities and laboratories for the Biological Sciences and Mathematics departments and will also improve the public realm, including a new route into Royal Fort Gardens from St Michael’s Hill. 

Over the past year, the University and its project team have involved the local community and key stakeholders in a series of consultation workshops and public exhibitions to help shape the emerging proposals. This latest exhibition is an opportunity for those interested to view the final scheme before a detailed planning application is submitted later this month to Bristol City Council.

Patrick Finch, Bursar and Director of Estates at the University of Bristol, said: ‘These proposals are vitally important to the University's development in key areas of science and thus to the level of its contribution on the global stage. We have listened carefully to the very constructive feedback we have received from local residents and organisations and believe that our revised scheme is also sensitive to local needs.’

Conservation Area consent has already been granted by the Local Planning Authority to allow demolition of two unlisted buildings on the former Children’s Hospital site so that full archaeological investigations can begin in the new year.

University of Bristol masterplan.