Spike Island was founded as a limited company Artspace Bristol Ltd (Artists' Studio Provision) in 1976 by a group of six artists in a disused Victorian building next to Bristol's docks. In December 1998 Artspace Bristol Limited changed its name to Spike Island Artspace Ltd. It now occupies a former Brooke Bond tea packing factory on Spike Island, Bristol. Spike Island is a place for the production and exhibition of contemporary art and design.