
What is recorded here
Gorilla Island is shown as a heritage attraction on the public map of City of Bristol. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Gorilla Island is a small, unnamed island in the River Avon, near Bristol, historically associated with the city's docks and industrial heritage. It is named after the nearby Gorilla Building, a former cocoa and sugar warehouse connected to the transatlantic trade, highlighting Bristol's role in the 18th and 19th-century mercantile economy.
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Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0