St Pauls Carnival 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807. Carnival returned in 2007 improving its diversity and popularity, with a reported 70,000 people attending in 2008. In 2018 the festival had the support of Arts Council England and Bristol City Council. Records of the St Paul's Afrikan-Caribbean Carnival and Arts Association, including administrative and financial records, marketing material, posters and photographs dating from 1970s-2007, are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 43739) (online catalogue). St Pauls Carnival St Pauls Carnival is an annual African Caribbean carnival held, usually on the first Saturday of July, in St Pauls, Bristol. The
St Pauls, Bristol and off Wilder Street. There is also a foot bridge that links to Riverside Park. Many of the buildings in St Pauls are Georgian period with Portland Square, and St Paul's Church as particularly fine examples of Georgian architecture in the area. Both were designed by Daniel Hague although the original St Pauls Church was to be designed by James Allen in a Greek style. Work was started on the church in 1789 and completed in 1794. Edward William Godwin, a famous Victorian architect, lived at Portland Square. In 2005 the church was converted into its present form as the