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Photo of overgrown vacant land with a hotel in the background.

Wednesday 31st August 2022 SH (Editor)

Plans go in for 8 industrial or warehouse units on land behind Village Hotel

Plans have been submitted to build a group of eight industrial/warehouse units on a parcel of vacant land within the Horizon 38 business park in north Filton. The site lies to the rear of the Village Hotel Bristol and borders Gipsy Patch Lane to the north, Taurus Road to the east and Bullfinch Close to the south.

Visualisation of the proposed Volvo car dealership on the Horizon 38 business park.

Wednesday 11th November 2020 SH (Editor)

Volvo car dealership to open at Horizon 38

A new Volvo car dealership looks set to open soon in the local area after a pre-let deal was agreed for a plot on the former Rolls-Royce East Works site, which borders Gipsy Patch Lane and the A38 Gloucester Road North. It will be served via a new access road from the A38.

Photo of the GKN Aerospace Global Technology Centre.

Friday 24th July 2020 SH (Editor)

State-of-the-art GKN technology centre completed at Horizon 38 business park

GKN Aerospace’s new global technology centre, located adjacent to the Village Hotel on the Horizon 38 business park, has been handed over to the company by joint site developers St Francis Group and iSec.

Visualisation of the proposed Global Technology Centre.

Wednesday 30th January 2019 SH (Editor)

Aerospace firm to build multi-million pound technology centre on former East Works site

Engineering giant GKN Aerospace has announced plans to build a £32 million research and development facility on the former Rolls-Royce East Works site south of Gipsy Patch Lane.

Aerial photo of Village Hotel Club, Filton.

Monday 14th January 2019 SH (Editor)

New hotel on A38 aims to offer something for all

A new 153-room ‘concept’ hotel has opened at Horizon 38, the new business park that is rapidly taking shape on the former Rolls-Royce East Works site in the Bristol North Fringe.

Photo of Paul Hobbs (left) and Byron Hammond in front of the new Urban Village Resorts hotel.

Thursday 13th September 2018 SH (Editor)

North Bristol’s newest hotel nears completion

Landmark building on corner of Gipsy Patch Lane and Gloucester Road due to open in November. As north Bristol’s newest hotel nears completion at Horizon 38 in Filton, more deals have been announced at the rapidly developing 60-acre business park, one of the biggest mixed-use schemes of its kind in the country. The Village Urban Resorts 153-bed hotel, which is

Artist’s impression of the trade counter terrace (building F1) at Horizon 38.

Thursday 1st March 2018 SH (Editor)

Former East Works site is a hive of activity

Phase two of north Bristol’s Horizon 38 scheme, one of the biggest mixed-use redevelopment projects in the country, is nearing completion. Situated on the former East Works site, south of Gipsy Patch Lane, the area has been a hive of activity since construction began in earnest in late 2016. Access to the site is via two new roads off Gipsy

Artist's impression of the proposed Selco trade centre on the Horizon 38 development in Filton, Bristol.

Sunday 5th February 2017 SH (Editor)

Two key deals signed for East Works site

Joint venture partners and commercial property developers and investors, St Francis Group and iSec have announced the signing of two key deals with prospective tenants at Horizon 38, the new mixed used development that is starting to take shape on the former Rolls-Royce East Works site, south of Gipsy Patch Lane. In the first deal, detailed planning consent has been