 There are no structures on the site which is now used for allotments, a cricket club and the horse and dog section of Avon and Somerset Constabulary.Plans for the exhibition were laid in 1912.The initial directors were local business leaders, but they were soon replaced by the merchant John Bellham and theatre artist and director Leolyn Gustav Hart who had been involved in The Festival of Empire which was held at The Crystal Palace in London in 1911, to celebrate the coronation of King George V. The idea was to hold a colonial exhibition to encourage local business and trade with the British dominions.