Turbo Island, painted by Sepr during the Stokes Croft Festival of the Arts 2014.
Turbo Island is a small triangle of land at the junction of Jamaica Street and Stokes Croft. Its existence is due to the destruction of the building that once stood there during an air raid in World War II.
After the War, it remained a vacant plot, and an advertising hoarding sprouted there. This was given official recognition in the 1960s.
The land in front of the hoarding became de facto a “public space”, which was privately owned. this anomalous status allowed it to become a haven for street drinkers, and its unkempt nature became a totemic symbol of Stokes Croft.

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