- Aztec West
Aztec West is a
business park inSouth Gloucestershire ,England , situated at the northern fringes ofGreater Bristol , nearBradley Stoke andPatchway . It is close to the M4 and M5 motorways and theAlmondsbury 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' 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.
Companies
Aztec West is home to over 100 companies, and 7,000 people work there. 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. [cite web|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2008/03/13/319616/starbucks-signs-first-hotel-licensing-deal.html|title=Starbucks signs first hotel licensing deal|publisher=Caterersearch.com|accessdate=2008-07-08] Included in the landscaping are three lakes. Nearby are the aerospace industries atFilton and the large business parks at the edge of Bradley Stoke.Companies include Orange, HCBC, Interroute, Atkins,
LogicaCMG ,Aardman , Entec andRAC . Aardman Animations have won 4 film Oscars, the most recent being for "Wallace & Gromit:The Curse of the Were Rabbit" in 2006, filmed in the Aztec West studio.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 only enters the complex at peak times, 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.References
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