the west of St Peter's Church. To the west of the city centre lie Berkeley Square and Brandon Hill. At the summit of Brandon Hill, the Cabot Tower commemorates John Cabot, a pioneer who sailed in 1497 from Bristol to Newfoundland. Brandon Hill is steep and is divided into informal gardens, a small nature reserve and open grassland. The Avon Wildlife Trust headquarters are beside the park. Surrounded with high wrought-iron railings to the northwest of Broadmead shopping centre, St James' Park is a small former churchyard divided by a sunken walkway which links Broadmead to St James' Church and Bristol bus station. West of the city centre between Bristol Cathedral and the Council House is College Green, a popular meeting place for street sports enthusiasts. Queen Square is a large Georgian square south of the city centre. In 1936 the Square was bisected diagonally by Bristol's inner circuit road. Traffic has now been diverted, and the restored Square has received a number of awards including a Green Flag Award, the Landscape Institution Landscape and Heritage Award. King Square (restored in 1993), Brunswick Square and Portland Square are also Georgian and lie to the north of the city centre. Work commenced in 2014 to remodel The Bearpit, a sunken space within St James Barton roundabout long seen to be in need of improvement. These works include construction of street-level pedestrian crossings and new wider stairways leading down to the open space. Other parks Parks in Bristol's suburbs include: Arnos Vale Cemetery Begbrook Green Park Bristol & Bath Railway Path, a green corridor following the route of a dismantled railway. Brunswick Cemetery Gardens - disused cemetery, enhanced as a public open space in 2010 Canford Park Cotham Gardens Crox Bottom, which has Pidgeonhouse Stream (a tributary of the River Malago) running through it Dame Emily Park Eastville Park Gores Marsh Park Greville Smyth Park Hengrove Park Lamplighters Marsh Leigh Woods, within North Somerset). Owned by the National Trust. Manor Woods Valley Local Nature Reserve, which has the River Malago running through it Marksbury Road Open Space, which also has the River Malago running through it Mina Road Park Montpelier Park Northern Slopes, a group of open spaces that includes the Bommie, Glyn Vale open space, Kingswear open space and Novers Common Oldbury Court Estate (known locally as Vassalls Park) Page Park Perrett Park Redcatch Park Redland Green Ridgeway Playing Fields, Hillfields