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Bristol Port
Image credit: Bristol Port Company

The globally-significant Enterprise Area covers five miles along the Severn Estuary and 1,800 hectares. Its accessible location and high-quality facilities will appeal to regional, national, and international industrial businesses.

Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area

An ideal location for large-scale industrial, distribution, energy, and waste-producing sectors.

Unrivalled transport links

Location and access

  • 85% of the UK live within a 4.5-hour drive away HGV journey.
  • 42 million people live within a 250-kilometre radius.
  • The area features the UK’s most centrally-located deep sea port.
  • Bristol Airport is a 30-minute drive away.
  • The area is adjacent to the M4 and M5 major motorway networks.
  • The new M49 junction is due to open in 2026.
  • Greater connectivity across the region is being supported by MetroWest and Mass Transit. The early stages of these projects will improve transport services between Bristol Temple Meads train station and Severn Beach.

Development opportunities

  • Suitable for warehousing, distribution, industrial and environmental technologies of the 1,800 hectare area, approximately 300 acres total developable land (part developed).
  • An area with an extant planning consent that would enable rapid development/construction primarily for warehousing, distribution and industrial use.
  • Deliverables for Severnside (462 hectares) - 1,323,630 square metres commercial floorspace - potential job growth 4,000 – 8,000 to 2026.
  • The area’s future is currently being secured by 17 kilometres of flood defences being built along the coastline.
  • 1957/58 outline planning consent in place.