A new coronavirus test centre is under construction at a public park in east Bristol.
Bristol Live reported yesterday that Netham Park was being considered for the COVID-19 facility, and this location has now been confirmed.
Part of the park near Barton Hill has been fenced off with metal barriers today (Thursday, August 27), and workers were on site with machinery setting up.
According to a Facebook post shared by Friends of Netham Park this morning, it is expected to open on Tuesday (September 1) and run between 8am and 8pm.
The test centre is located near the pavilion, and the rest of the park will still be accessible to members of the public.
It is the second to be set up in Bristol in as many weeks, after another opened at the Victoria Rooms car park last week.
That was the first walk-through testing facility in the city, but the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has not yet confirmed if Netham Park's will be walk-through or drive-through.
It is next to the car parking area and turning circle, so it could potentially be used for both.
A path has been laid down on the grass, which looks like it could be used for pedestrian access.
Netham joins the testing facilities at Bristol Airport and Ashton Gate, although the latter is run by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust rather than the DHSC.
All three of the current sites are located at car parks, but the latest is being built on the grass.
The DHSC has not yet responded to Bristol Live's request for more information about the test centre and when it will be opening.
Anyone with coronavirus symptoms is eligible for testing under the government's programme, but slots must be booked online first via the gov.uk website.
The increase in test centres come as Bristol records another rise in confirmed cases of the virus.
It now sits in the top quarter of local authorities with the highest infection rates, with 54 new cases recorded in the seven days up to August 23.
The previous week had seen 41 new cases and an infection rate of 8.8 per 100,000 people, but the rate has since increased to 11.7.
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees has said residents should be "concerned but not alarmed " by the change.
