Aztec West
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| Aztec West | |
  Aztec West shown within Bristol |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Bristol |
| Ceremonial county | Bristol |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS |
| Dialling code | 0117 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Bristol | |
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.
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 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 an hour by car.
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, Black Sheep pub (now closed, shortly to reopen as a Starbucks), 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 include Orange, Interroute, Atkins, LogicaCMG, Aardman, Entec and RAC. 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.
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.
