Aztec West
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Aztec West is a business park in South Gloucestershire, 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. The out-of-town Bristol Parkway railway station is about 3 miles away. Bristol International Airport, south of Bristol, can be reached fairly easily via the M5.
Aztec West is home to over 100 companies, and more than 7,000 work there. The park includes a number of warehouse/factory units, the 4 star Aztec Hotel, several office villages and a central retail area. 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 featured include Orange, Aardman and RAC. Aardman Animations have won 4 film Oscars, the most recent being for "Wallace & Gromit:The Curse of the Were Rabbit" in 2006, the filming of which was entirely done in the Aztec West studio.
The park has been slowly developed since the early 1980's, but some land is still available for future development.
The name is said to derive from 'A to Z of Technology' and it was originally conceived mainly as a science park - it was funded by the 'Electricity Supply Nominees' on the half of the Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) pension fund.
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