Know Your Place

Know Your Place is a website that allows you to explore your neighbourhood through historic maps, images and linked information.

Know Your Place allows:

wider access to Bristol's historic maps
you to share your own information and images about Bristol.

Using Know Your Place

Before entering Know Your Place please read the guidance notes in the downloadable files section below. The document about uploading information provides step by step instructions about submitting information to the site including how to nominate places for the Local List.

Go to Know Your Place

The site will work on all internet capable devices including ipads and smartphones and is GPS enabled.

Background

The Know your place website was created by the City Design Group, with funding from English Heritage. This was in partnership with:

Geographic Information Services (GIS)
Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives
Local volunteers.

Elsewhere on the web

Know Your Place West of England

Downloadable files

What information is available on Know Your Place? (572 KB)
How do I install Silverlight? (455 KB)
Who uses Know Your Place and what is the information used for? (61 KB)
How do I upload information to Know Your Place? (1.76 MB)
What sort of information should I upload to Know Your Place? (63 KB)
Is the information on Know Your Place covered by copyright? (60 KB)
How do I subscribe to Know Your Place? (443 KB)
What other information will be added to Know Your Place? (62 KB)

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