Bradley Stoke guidebook

Bradley Stoke is one of the largest new towns in Europe with close on 8,500 houses built since the end of the 1980s.

The developers of this new town have worked carefully to ensure a real mix of housing that encompasses detached, semi-detached and terraces.

The majority of properties in Bradley Stoke are family-sized homes with gardens situated in quiet cul-de-sacs, but there is also a high proportion of one- and two-bedroom homes. 

In addition some nicely designed apartments blocks have been built, such as the Champs Sur Marne and Shepherds Walk developments in Bradley Stoke Central, and the well-established Woodlands Court in Woodlands Lane, Bradley Stoke North.

You'll also find a number of much smaller developments, such as the one-bedroom flats in Apseleys Mead.

The town and its neighbours - Harry Stoke, Little Stoke, Patchway and Stoke Gifford – are extremely popular with young families and first-time buyers looking to make that big step onto the property-owning ladder.

That's not only down to the wide ranging selection of new homes at reasonable prices, but also because of the area's proximity to large areas of employment, and main road and rail networks.

As the town centre develops and as more companies relocate, Bradley Stoke's housing market looks set to benefit, and it's already growing in popularity with buy-to-let investors.

Future growth seems as if it is being carefully monitored; a plan for two new houses in land off Arden Close was turned down amid concerns over increased traffic and privacy issues for a neighbour.

Generally, house prices in Bradley Stoke tend to be close to or under the Bristol property averages.

Surrounding Areas

1. Stoke Gifford

Bradley Stoke's much older neighbour Stoke Gifford was originally a small village that has experienced distinct spurts of growth.

Expansion first occurred when the railway came to the area in 1903 but this was nothing compared with the rapid growth during the 1980s with the building of Bradley Stoke.

Today, Stoke Gifford is home to people attracted by the large number of major employers in this part of South Gloucestershire and North Bristol, and to commuters taking advantage of the Bristol Parkway railway station and the motorway links.

To cater for this expanding population, Stoke Gifford has seen extensive building of modern houses, terraces, town houses and large five- and six-bed executive homes as well as purpose-built flats and maisonettes.

But it has managed to retain some of its rural village appeal, especially around the church and the village green.

2. Harry Stoke

Similar major growth also took place at the former hamlet of Harry Stoke.  Plans to develop another large area of land here are the subject of much controversy.

3. Patchway

Patchway, the area from Filton Airfield to the M5 motorway, saw its first big expansion in the 1930s and even more so in the '50s and '60s.
 
The housing stock here is very diverse, including flats in purpose-built blocks, bungalows and houses, with prices that tend to be lower than those in its neighbouring South Gloucestershire towns.