 The Mall, an out-of-town shopping centre at Patchway. Escalators connect the upper and lower shopping levels. Patchway is a town on the northern outskirts of Bristol, England. Nearby are the towns of Filton and Bradley Stoke. Patchway is twinned with Clermont l'Herault, France and Gauting, Germany. The parish was founded in 1953 becoming seperate from the parish of nearby Almondsbury. An out-of-town shopping centre: The Mall, Patchway, Bristol, England. ...
An out-of-town shopping centre: The Mall, Patchway, Bristol, England. ...
Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK...
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Clermont-lHérault is a town and commune of southern France in the Hérault département, at 30 minutes from Montpellier, 40 km from the sea, and capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon Region. ...
Almondsbury is a small town near junction 16 of the M5, in South Gloucestershire. ...
Patchway lies to the north of Filton Airfield, where Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Airbus UK are major aerospace employers. Bristol Filton Aerodrome (EGTG) lies on the A38 on the border between Filton and Patchway, within South Gloucestershire, north of Bristol in the United Kingdom. ...
Rolls-Royce plc (LSE: RR.) (also known as Rolls-Royce Aero Engines) is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electrics GE Aircraft Engines division. ...
BAE Systems, plc is the worlds fourth largest defense contractor [2] and a commercial aerospace products manufacturer. ...
BAE Systems Filton, part of Airbus UK Airbus UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems which produces wings for the Airbus aircraft family. ...
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Aztec West, an office and warehouse park, is situated on the northern fringes of the town, adjacent to the A38 trunk road. A major motorway interchange(M4/M5) is close to Aztec West. There is also major warehousing adjacent to a dual carriageway linking the A38 and M5. Aztec West is an industrial estate situated at the northern fringes of Bristol and is near Bradley Stoke. ...
The M4 motorway is a motorway in the UK, which links London and west Wales via Bristol. ...
This article concerns the M5 motorway in England. ...
The main road that surrounds the town is known as Conniston road. Many of the streets in the town are named after birds and trees. The Patchway area has many footpaths. This includes the common east which leads to Bradley Stoke and in the north of the town, a footpath that goes over a motorway bridge (on the M5) to the village of Over. Bradley Stoke is an extensive housing estate in South Gloucestershire, England. ...
Over is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, situated about 10 km north-west of Bristol. ...
The Mall and two retail parks at Cribbs Causeway just north of Filton airfield form the largest shopping centre in southwest England. Patchway railway station is on the mainline South Wales-London railway that passes through the town. The Mall. ...
For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ...
South West England is one of the regions of England. ...
Patchway railway station is a minor railway station in the town of Patchway, South Gloucestershire, England. ...
Recent History
At the start of the 20th Century, Patchway was a small village centered on what is now known as Patchway Common. The main road to Gloucester passed through the village. Patchway Tunnel, on the GWR line from London to South Wales, was nearby.
Industrialization started when a flying school, located on the north side of Filton Aerodrome, was converted into an aeroengine factory, when the Bristol Aeroplane Company (BAC) acquired Cosmos Engineering in 1920. Bristol Aeroplane Company logo The Bristol Aeroplane Company (formerly British and Colonial Aeroplane Company) was a major British aircraft company which, in 1959, merged with several major British aircraft companies, to become the British Aircraft Corporation and later still part of British Aerospace, now BAE Systems. ...
Cosmos Engineering was a company that manufactured aeroengines in a factory in Fishponds, Bristol during WW1. ...
During the 1930's, new housing was built on Patchway Estate, just north of Filton Aerodrome. Bungalows were also built on Stoke Lane. Bristol Filton Aerodrome (EGTG) lies on the A38 on the border between Filton and Patchway, within South Gloucestershire. ...
BAC started the development of East Works on Gypsy Patch Lane during the Re-armament programme of the 1930's. Engine component testing facilities were built alongside the main railway line during the 30', 40's and 50's. In British history, Re-armament refers to the period between 1934 and 1939, when a substantial programme of re-arming the nation was undertaken to meet the threat posed by Hitlers Nazi Germany. ...
A dual carriageway, known as Filton Bypass, was constructed through Patchway Estate in the late 30's, to divert A38 traffic away from Filton. However, during the late 1940's the bypass was severed in two by the extension of the main runway at Filton aerodrome, to accommodate the giant Bristol Brabazon prototype airliner. This project also caused the hamlet of Charlton to be demolished. Many of the former residents were rehoused on Patchway Estate. The A38 is a major trunk road in England. ...
The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a huge airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 to fly a large number of passengers on transatlantic routes from England to the United States. ...
Charlton may refer to: Charlton, a place in Cleveland, England Charlton, a place in Hampshire, England. ...
In the 50's and early 60's a large bungalow estate was built at Stoke Lodge, adjacent to Patchway Common. A huge overspill estate was built at the back of Patchway Estate in the mid-60's. Stoke Lodge is a fairly large bungalow estate, developed in the 50s and early 60s, on farmland to the south of Patchway Common and east of the A38 trunk road. ...
Also in the mid-60's, the New Filton Bypass (now part of the M5 motorway) was constructed, parallel on the northern fringe of Patchway Estate. This road forms the boundary between the town of Patchway and the adjacent Green Belt. M5 may refer to: Messier object 5, a star cluster in the constellation of Serpens M5, the homicidal computer featured in the Original Star Trek episode The Ultimate Computer The BMW M5, a high-performance version of the BMW 5 Series automobile manufactured by BMW. The M-5, a Japanese...
For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...
A major motorway junction, known as the Almondsbury Interchange, to the north of Patchway Common was completed in the early 70's. The A38 trunk road from Filton to Almondsbury was upgraded to a dual carriageway in the mid-70's.
The CEGB Pension Fund started the upmarket Aztec West trading estate in the early 80's. New phases of this development are still being built from time to time. The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 50 years, from its nationalisation in 1947 to privatisation in the 1990s. ...
Aztec West is an industrial estate situated at the northern fringes of Bristol and is near Bradley Stoke. ...
Work on the huge Bradley Stoke estate, now a separate town to the east of Patchway, started in the late 1980's. Large trading estates to the south of the M4/M5 motorway complex were also started in this period. Bradley Stoke is an extensive housing estate in South Gloucestershire, England. ...
The term M4 has several meanings: The M4 macro processing language. ...
See also Aztec West is an industrial estate situated at the northern fringes of Bristol and is near Bradley Stoke. ...
The Mall. ...
External links - Patchway Council
- Patchway Highschool
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