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Filton has two main shopping areas – the Shield Centre (on the site of the former Shield Laundry) and Abbey Wood Retail Park, as well as other shops. To the east of the town there is a small area of woodland known as Splatt's Abbey Wood.
MOD Abbey Wood is a Ministry of Defence establishment at Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom. The purpose-built site houses the MOD's Defence Equipment and Support and Submarine Delivery Agency procurement organisations. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in July 1996, after which various government departments relocated to the site.
Abbey Wood is an area in southeast London, England, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and bordering the London Borough of Bexley. It is located 10.6 miles (17 km) east of Charing Cross. According to the 2021 census, Abbey Wood has a population of 17,700 (rounded to the nearest 100). [1]
There have been three different stations in the area of Filton Abbey Wood. The first, Filton, opened in 1863 just north the site of the current Filton Abbey Wood, and was closed in 1903. [note 1] A second station was opened a few hundred yards to the north, and was known as Filton Junction. [2] This station closed in 1996, replaced by Filton ...
3 tph to Bristol Temple Meads, of which 1 continues to Weston-super-Mare; 1 tph to Filton Abbey Wood; 2 tph to Avonmouth, of which 1 continues to Severn Beach; During peak hours, the station is also served by a number of services to Bristol Parkway, Cardiff Central and Taunton. On Sundays, the services to Avonmouth and Severn Beach are reduced ...
[10] and depends in part upon the four-tracking of Filton Bank to allow more trains to operate the line from Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood. [11] Work on restoring four-track use on Filton Bank was completed in late 2018. In October 2022 the opening of a new station, North Filton, on the line was pushed back to 2026. [12]
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Southmead is a northern suburb and council ward of Bristol, in the south west of England, bordered by Filton in South Gloucestershire and Monks Park, Horfield, Henleaze and Westbury on Trym. The River Trym rises in Southmead and flows south west through Badock's Wood, a Local Nature Reserve.