Lawrence Hill, Bristol

{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = Lawrence Hill

| coordinates = {{coord|51.457|-2.57|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = nomap

| static_image_name = Bristol UK ward map 2016 lawrence hill.png

| static_image_caption = Boundaries of the city council ward since 2016

| static_image_alt = Map showing Lawrence Hill ward near the centre of the city

| civil_parish =

| population = 18,942

| population_ref = (2011.Ward){{cite web | title=Lawrence Hill | work=2001 Census Ward Information Sheet | url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/lawrence-hill-wis.pdf | accessdate=26 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226214706/https://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/lawrence-hill-wis.pdf | archive-date=26 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}

| unitary_england = Bristol

| lieutenancy_england = Bristol

| region = South West England

| constituency_westminster = Bristol East

| post_town = BRISTOL

| postcode_district = BS5

| postcode_area = BS

| dial_code = 0117

| os_grid_reference = ST604732

}}

Lawrence Hill is an electoral ward of Bristol, United Kingdom and includes the districts of Barton Hill, St Philips Marsh and Redcliffe, Temple Meads and parts of Easton and the Broadmead shopping area.{{cite web |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/34844/Lawrence+Hill+Ward+May+2016/70ab0a70-ed85-4a09-b239-ebe6686eecce |title=Lawrence Hill Ward from May 2016 (map) |publisher=Bristol City Council |date=May 2016 |accessdate=9 October 2019}} Lawrence Hill takes its name from a leper hospital dedicated to St Lawrence, which was founded by King John.

It is one of the most deprived electoral wards in the south west region of England,{{cite web |title=Deprivation in Bristol 2015 |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/32951/Deprivation+in+Bristol+2015/ |publisher=Bristol City Council |accessdate=19 August 2018}}{{cite web|title=Area profile of Barton Hill|url=https://www.tes.com/Upload/Attachments/TES/03EA5E0001/BH%20area%20profile.pdf|publisher=Times Educational Supplement|accessdate=13 December 2015}} was part of the Bristol European Union Objective 2 area,{{cite web|title=The Bristol Objective 2 Programme|url=http://www.bristolregeneration.org.uk/introduction.html|publisher=Bristol Regeneration|accessdate=13 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331042311/http://bristolregeneration.org.uk/introduction.html|archivedate=31 March 2016|df=dmy-all}} and had a New Deal for Communities project within its boundaries.{{cite book|last1=Hohmann|first1=Rene Peter|title=Regenerating deprived urban areas|date=2013|publisher=Policy Press|isbn=9781447310785|pages=61–65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEQbAgAAQBAJ&q=Lawrence+Hill%2C+Bristol+deprived&pg=PA61}} In 2013 the City Academy Bristol secondary school opened in the area. The Bristol and Bath Railway Path starts in the south of the ward.{{cite web|title=Bristol and Bath Railway Path|url=http://www.bristolbathrailwaypath.org.uk/home.shtml|publisher=Bristol and Bath Railway Path|accessdate=13 December 2015}}

Lawrence Hill can pointed out on Bristol skyline by its large 1960s tower blocks situated in the area.