Broadmead Today
Broadmead is undergoing regeneration. The shopping area has been extended over the central ring road to produce a new shopping centre, Cabot Circus, which opened in September 2008. This area had been named Merchants Quarter but in April 2006 the name was abandoned after a campaign claiming the name was offensive because it was the Bristol Merchant Venturers who dealt in the trade of African slaves.
To the northwest is St James' Park.
In 1987, the shopping centre was the scene of an abduction that received national attention. On 8 October 1987, 29 year old newly-wed Shirley Banks was abducted by Serial Killer John Cannan as she walked back to her car. Her body was found on Easter Day 1988. Cannan was convicted of her abduction and murder.
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