Speedwell is an area of east Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

, Part of the ward. It has a mixture of residential and industrial land.

The (29 April 2001) shows a population of 1,515.

The one School in the area is Bristol Brunel Academy

Bristol Brunel Academy

Bristol Brunel Academy is a school located in the Speedwell area of Bristol and named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It specialises in Communication.-History:...

, previously known as Speedwell Technology College and Speedwell Secondary School. It was Bristol's first specialist school - a technology college since 1997. In 2007 the Academy moved into all-new purpose built buildings and the old school buildings were demolished.

History

The Speedwell area had many small coal mines in the 19th century. In the 1970's some of these old workings had to be stabilised in the area of Speedwell secondary school. A goods only railway connected the collieries and the Peckett and Sons

Peckett and Sons

Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...

 locomotive works with the Midland railway at Kingswood junction. In the early 1970's, shortly after Avon county council was formed, approximately half of Speedwell secondary school burnt down, the school was partly rebuilt. A number of 'temporary' prefab houses, built in the housing shortage after the World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, still exist in the west side of the suburb.