Stoke Gifford

Stoke Gifford

Stoke Gifford is a large village in South Gloucestershire, England, situated south of Bradley Stoke in the northern suburbs of Bristol. It has around 11,000 residents as of the 2001 Census. It is home to Bristol Parkway station, on the London-South Wales railway line, and AXA. The local church, St Michael's Church, is influential in running this village, and it is the centre of the community for many of the residents. It runs a small coffee shop in the Old School Rooms across The Green from the church, which itself backs onto Parkway Railway Station, an essential transport link for the local people. Also in the local area are two parks, each with children's play equipment; a pair of tennis courts and two pubs. There are a row of shops of Ratcliffe Drive including a Tesco Express, Dentist and Medical Centre and another few shops on one of the roads off North Road. There is a large supermarket within walking distance and most of the local children walk or cycle to nearby Filton High School.

Until it undertook rapid expansion in the 80's, Stoke Gifford was just a small village, straggling along the main street, North Road.

The local area is very good at providing for the local school children. As well as the parks and tennis courts, many activities and groups run from the Old School Rooms, including Scouts, Cub Scouts, Beaver Scouts, Brownies (Girl Guides).

In 2008 the village saw a new Pre-school and Nursrey opened adjacent to Bristol Parkway due to the population increases of the surrounding areas

A history of Stoke Gifford is now available at Adrian Kerton's Home page

External links

* [http://www.adriankweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Adrian Kerton's Home page]
* [http://www.stokegifford.org.uk/ Stoke Gifford parish council]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Stoke Gifford — Original name in latin Stoke Gifford Name in other language Stoke Gifford State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 51.51686 latitude 2.54053 altitude 65 Population 13560 Date 2011 03 03 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Stoke — may refer to the following:Place namesUnited Kingdom*Stoke is one of the most common place names in the United Kingdom and in historical documents.Originally from the Old English stoc meaning place , it came to be used in two special senses, i) a …   Wikipedia

  • Harry Stoke — is a village in the parish of Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire, England.There were 3 manors in the parish of Stoke Gifford. The Giffards and Berkeleys held Stoke and Walls. Harry Stoke was a separate manor held by Aldred in Saxon times,… …   Wikipedia

  • Bradley Stoke — is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, situated on the north side of the city of Bristol. Named after the local Bradley Brook and Stoke Brook streams, the town was planned in the 1970s and building began in 1987. The town is residential… …   Wikipedia

  • Little Stoke — is a suburb of north Bristol, situated in South Gloucestershire, England. Surrounded by Patchway, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke, in the middle, is often forgotten . Home to Patchway railway station, a minor stop on the railway… …   Wikipedia

  • Filton and Bradley Stoke (UK Parliament constituency) — UK constituency infobox Name = Filton and Bradley Stoke Map1 = FiltonBradleyStoke2007 Map2 = Avon Entity = Avon Type = County County = Gloucestershire Year = in time for 2009 or 2010 election MP = none Party = none EP = South West England Filton… …   Wikipedia

  • Crowmarsh Gifford — Coordinates: 51°35′56″N 1°06′43″W / 51.599°N 1.112°W / 51.599; 1.112 …   Wikipedia

  • Rodger Gifford — infobox football official name = Rodger Gifford fullname = Rodger Gifford dateofbirth = birth date and age|1948|04|12 cityofbirth = Llanbradach, Mid Glamorgan countryofbirth = Wales dateofdeath = cityofdeath = countryofdeath = otheroccupation =… …   Wikipedia

  • North Stoke, Oxfordshire — For other uses, see North Stoke (disambiguation). Coordinates: 51°34′16″N 1°07′12″W / 51.571°N 1.120°W / 51.571; 1.120 …   Wikipedia

  • Rodney Stoke — infobox UK place country = England official name= Rodney Stoke latitude= 51.2476 longitude= 2.7357 civil parish= population = 1230 [cite web | title= Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002 | work=Somerset County Council | url=http://www.somerset …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”