Bristol’s shopping scene: What would locals like added to their high street?

The last year has seen the closure and opening of many shops in bristol. But what shops do locals want the most?

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00:00definitely no no more no more fast-food definitely definitely no more I mean

00:05we've got Gregg's we've got cafes we got everything so no more so in general a

00:10decent a decent supermarket I mean we got I would eat but I guess in time

00:18that's going to be up and running again you know but yeah we all we got is

00:21Tesco Express Iceland you know and all small shops yeah so a bigger shop would

00:27be nice and to be honest away from shops a new health practice and some

00:33dentists would be great yeah yeah chemists I think the big one is banks

00:38but that's a whole study carried out ahead of independent retailers day which

00:45is on July the 2nd and the 3rd by Southwestern Railways has found that

00:50Bristol has the joint fifth most independent retailers per a hundred

00:54thousand people and I really like you know local shops like there's well

00:59whatever there that's and there's some on lower Redland roads as local shops

01:05with local products that's what I like coming years will see many changes for

01:11the Bristol shopping scene these changes include the galleries shopping centre in

01:16Bristol shopping quarter where Deanie Freed and LaSalle investment management

01:20have submitted an outline planning her application for its redevelopment the

01:26plans will see the old shopping centre transformed into a mixed-use

01:30redevelopment opening the city centre to Castle Park but what would locals like

01:36to see bought to their high streets I would like more cafes where you can like

01:42have some time with your friends because we don't have much I don't know I think

01:50that's it like more cafes and areas that we can spend with your friends not

01:56just go to the city centre because it's just too far away