A campaign group which fought the closure of a Knowle hospice is now looking at the possibilities for setting up an alternative service in the area.

Save Our Hospice was set up by people in south Bristol after St Peter's announced the closure of its site in St Agnes Avenue.

They will now hold a public meeting to find out if people want to see another hospice service in the area.

St Peter's has now closed its Knowle site to patients and hospice-based services are now being provided from Brentry.

The decision was made to close the site after a shortfall in funding during the recession, along with the cost of patching up the 112-year-old building.

Save Our Hospice gathered more than 3,000 signatures on a petition opposing the closure, which was handed to the trustees of the charity last month.

The organisation has held meetings with NHS Bristol, in the hope that another hospice could be set up to replace the site where terminally ill people had been cared for in their last days for almost 30 years.

Members hope that there may be other hospice providers who might be able to fill a gap left by St Peter's Hospice in south Bristol, or for the primary care trust to make space available in the proposed new community hospital at Hengrove Park, and want people to give their views.

Paula Davis, 54, of the campaign group, said: "St Peter's has been unmovable, which has been very, very disappointing.

"We have decided that we have got to find a way forward and thought that the best thing was probably have a public meeting and see what local people want. The options at the moment are to see if the PCT would be willing to move funding to additional spaces at Hengrove, and whether there would be an alternative hospice provider who would be willing to work on this side of the city.

"We are very aware that people feel quite upset and angry about what has happened, and this is an opportunity to let them know what has happened and an opportunity to talk about the way forward."

St Peter's Hospice spokeswoman, Sharon Benton said: "We will endeavour to have someone at the public meeting next week but in the meantime we must stress that the majority of our work is not delivered in a hospice building but in the community and that our sole aim is to provide specialist care and support to terminally ill people and their families in Bristol – North, South, East and West – as well as North Somerset and South Gloucestershire when and where they need it.

"We understand that people care very deeply about the closure of our Knowle building, but the closure does not affect the service we continue to provide to more than 2,000 patients and 6,000 family members every year.

"We have built up our expertise over 30 years and want to continue to provide this level of expertise long into the future with the support of the people of Bristol. It is important more than ever in these difficult times that people continue to support us."

The meeting is open to everyone and will be held in the training room at Windmill Hill City Farm on Friday, November 6 at 7.30pm.