Aztec West

Coordinates: 51°32′34″N 2°34′08″W / 51.5428°N 2.5688°W / 51.5428; -2.5688 Aztec West Aztec West  Aztec West shown within Gloucestershire OS grid reference ST606828 Unitary authority South Gloucestershire Ceremonial county Gloucestershire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town BRISTOL Postcode district BS32 Dialling code 01454 Police Avon and Somerset Fire Avon Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament Bristol North West to be Filton and Bradley Stoke from next election List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire

Major roads and bus stops near Aztec West

Aztec West is a business park in South Gloucestershire, England, situated at the northern fringes of Greater Bristol, near Bradley Stoke and Patchway. It is close to the M4 and M5 motorways and the Almondsbury Interchange. Adjacent is the A38 trunk road.

History

The park has been developed since the early 1980s, but some land is still available for future development.

The name is said to derive from 'A to Z of Technology'^{[citation needed]} and it was conceived as a science park - it was funded by the 'Electricity Supply Nominees' on the half of the Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) pension fund^{[citation needed]}.

Companies

The Aztec Centre at Aztec West

Aztec West is home to over 100 companies, and 7,000 people work there. It was opened by Margaret Thatcher on Friday 15 December 1989 and there is a plaque to commemorate this in the entrance to the Aztec Centre. The park includes warehouse/factory units, the four star Aztec Hotel, several office villages, a central retail area and a Starbucks connected to a bar in a hotel, the first such facility in the UK.^[1] Included in the landscaping are three lakes. Nearby are the aerospace industries at Filton and the large business parks at the edge of Bradley Stoke.

Companies include the Environment Agency, Orange, HSBC, Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald, Atkins, Aardman, STMicroelectronics, BSM and the Co-Operative Legal Services.

Transport

Aztec West is less than half a mile from the M5 Junction 16, and a mile from the Almondsbury Interchange with the M4 motorway.

Public transport links are generally poor, although some bus services do run to Aztec West, the main service being 73 operated by First Bristol. This service no longer enters the complex, with connections to Cribbs Causeway Bus Station and Bristol Parkway, MoD Abbey Wood, Gloucester Road and Bristol City Centre. The 73 takes a more indirect route than the 309/310 to Bristol City Centre (operated by First Somerset and Avon), however it typically runs more than twice as regularly.

The Park has no direct rail links. The nearest railway station is at Patchway about a mile and a half away. The mainline station, Bristol Parkway, is about three miles away.

Bristol International Airport, south of Bristol, can be reached in about 40–45 minutes by car or bus.

References

1. ^ "Starbucks signs first hotel licensing deal". Caterersearch.com. http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2008/03/13/319616/starbucks-signs-first-hotel-licensing-deal.html. Retrieved 2008-07-08.