Enterprise Filton
Home of innovative aerospace and aviation technology
The UK’s largest aerospace cluster and home of innovative aerospace and aviation technology. The presence of Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN have sealed Filton’s status as a business hub for various sectors.
Location
The Enterprise Area is located in South Gloucestershire in the north fringe of Bristol, alongside the A38 in very close proximity to the M4/M5 motorway interchange. This provides direct east-west access to London and Cardiff and north-south access to the midlands and southwest.
Key sectors
Filton Enterprise internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for the aero-engineering industry as well as wider functions including education, retail and recreation.
The Filton Enterprise Area offers expertise and support in the following areas:
- advanced engineering
- aerospace design, research, and manufacture
- technology
- advanced manufacturing
- digital, information technology, and superfast broadband innovation
- defence
- microelectronics research and design
- emerging material technologies (supported by the nearby National Composite Centre and Bristol and Bath Science Park)
Key facts
- advanced engineering and aerospace cluster
- microelectronics research and design
- emerging material technologies (supported by the nearby National Composite Centre and Bristol & Bath Science Park)
- well established original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
- 24 hectares of land available as a high tech campus
- easy access to rail and motorway networks
Brabazon development
At the heart of the Filton Enterprise area is the Brabazon development providing a range of investment opportunities.
YTL Developments is delivering a £2-billion project and the largest development in Bristol’s history with Brabazon, a new mixed-use neighbourhood.
Brabazon will be a 380-acre commercial, residential, and leisure project, with development work occurring over a 15-year period.