| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Speedwell |
| Coordinates: | 51.4682°N -2.5268°W |
| Map Type: | Bristol |
| Population: | 2,342 |
| Unitary England: | Bristol |
| Lieutenancy England: | Bristol |
| Region: | South West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Bristol North East |
| Post Town: | BRISTOL |
| Postcode District: | BS5, BS15 |
| Postcode Area: | BS |
| Dial Code: | 0117 |
| Os Grid Reference: | ST635745 |
| Label Position: | left |
Speedwell is an area of east Bristol, Part of the ward. It has a mixture of residential and industrial land.
The 2014 population estimate of the population of Speedwell was 2,342.[1]
The one School in the area is Bristol Brunel Academy, 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.[2]
The Speedwell area had many small coal mines in the 19th century.[3] [4] In the 1970s 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 locomotive works (also known as the Atlas Locomotive Works) with the Midland railway at Kingswood junction.[5] In the early 1970s, 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, existed in the west side of the suburb into the 21st century.[6]