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Bradley Stoke is a large housing estate in South Gloucestershire, England, on the northern side of the city of Bristol, named after the local Bradley Brook and Stoke Brook rivers. The town was first planned in the 1970s and building began in 1987.
About
Although there is some provision for local employment, such as the businesses at the north of the town and the two supermarkets, it is effectively a dormitory suburb. The planned population is 20,000. Many parts now converge with Little Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Patchway, and further growth is restricted by the M5 motorway and M4 motorway.
Due to the increase in interest rates in the 1990s and the following housing slump and the high proportion of middle-class home ownership in the estate, it became nicknamed "Sadly Broke" by some Bristolians due to the rising levels of negative equity within the area. The large number of contractors employed in building the town contributed to the variety of different house designs found there.
Facilities
There are 6 primary schools, a leisure centre with a swimming pool and library, an emerging district centre, and a secondary school (Bradley Stoke Community School). The secondary school opened in September 2005 and will eventually cater for 900 students. There are also plans to create a new Tesco supermarket at its present site, and to expand that area to form the town's centre; however this has met with opposition by the local community, who feel this will worsen traffic issues in the area, although accepting the need for a town centre with additional shops and services.
In addition to this, the new Bradley Stoke Community school has opened near to the Bradley Stoke leisure centre. As of June 2006, the school is home to 186 year seven pupils, and this will expand as there are 2 year groups next year, and so forth.
Business
Employment is particularly found along the Great Park Road including at the Almondsbury Business Park, as well as at the near-by Aztec West development.
See also
- Longwell Green, another estate in South Gloucestershire
External links
- Bradley Stoke town council web site
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre
- Bradley Stoke street map
- Bradley Stoke Examiner
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