Bradley Stoke

Bradley Stoke is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, situated 6 miles (10 kilometres) northeast of Bristol, It is near the Severn Estuary of the Bristol Channel, which is an extension of the North Atlantic Ocean, separating South Wales from South West England. Bradley Stoke is bordered by three motorways; the M5 to the north, the M4 to the east and the M32 to the south.

Bradley Stoke
Willow Brook Centre, the town centre
Bradley Stoke
Location within Gloucestershire
Population20,690 (2021 Census)
OS grid referenceST621813
Unitary authority
  • South Gloucestershire
Ceremonial county
Region
  • South West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRISTOL
Postcode districtBS32
Dialling code0117 and 01454
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Planned in the 1970s, building works began in 1987. Bradley Stoke was Europe's largest new town built with private investment and was named after the local Bradley Brook and Stoke Brook streams. Bradley Stoke along with nearby Filton and suburbs form part of the area North of Bristol. The town has become an overflow settlement for Bristol city which is several miles south west of Bradley Stoke but is not in Bristol

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