I don’t understand why the powers that have no idea what to do with All saints church on corn street.

It’s currently having tons of restoration work done to stabilize the building- it’s been closed since the 80s and it would appear no one knows what to do with it.

There were talks of turning into a slavery museam (as it’s where Edward colstons tomb is) but the council aren’t interested. It’s listed so demolition and student flats are out of the question but surely the obviously solution is to have it merge with the corn exchange, the flea market and St nicks market and just turn it into a indoor market?

Hear me out, the redevelopment of castle park is underway, which will bring way more foot fall to corn street- turning an historic church into a independent retail space seems like the most logical and practical use for this space. There’s even scope to build a temporary two tier market inside- you could probably fit 100 small stalls/stands in there, rent them at  £400 a month that’s £40k a month which is would be more than enough to have the maintenance of the building covered.

Bath and Brighton both are way superior to Bristol in regard to  flea markets and indoor market stalls and this is what Bristol needs to draw people into Bristol. Broadmead and Cabot are just clone high streets- the council should focus on creating a unique and interesting retail experience for people to visit.

Why is no one suggesting an indoor market for All Saint’s future?