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Brentry is a suburb of north
Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...
, England, between Henbury and
Southmead Southmead is a northern suburb and wards of the United Kingdom, 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. It is the location of on ...
which is spread along the southern edge of the Filton to Avonmouth railway line.


Description

The boundaries of Brentry are not well defined. The settlement grew around the junction of two roads, where a public house, the Old Crow, has long been established. The north–south road, Passage Road (now the A4018), was a turnpike road from Bristol to South Wales via
New Passage New Passage is a hamlet in the civil parish of Pilning and Severn Beach, in the South Gloucestershire, district, in Gloucestershire, England, on the banks of the Severn estuary near the village of Pilning. It takes its name from the ferry serv ...
or the Old Passage at
Aust Ferry Aust Ferry or Beachley Ferry was a ferry service that operated across the River Severn between Aust and Beachley, both in Gloucestershire, England. Before the Severn Bridge opened in 1966, it provided service for road traffic crossing betwee ...
. When the new Filton By-Pass (now part of the
M5 motorway The M5 is a motorway in England linking the Midlands with the South West England, South West. It runs from junction 8 of the M6 motorway, M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Brom ...
) was opened in 1962, the route became an arterial road linking the new road to the centre of Bristol. The east–west route (B4057) is now of only local importance, but in the 1930s it carried A38 traffic by-passing Bristol. The through route was cut by the runway for the giant
Bristol Brabazon The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a large British piston engine, piston-engined Propeller (aircraft), propeller-driven airliner designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly Transatlantic flight, transatlantic routes between the UK and the ...
aircraft built in 1949. The area east of the junction was developed in the 20th century, and Brentry is now sometimes considered to extend as far as the Filton Golf Course, south of
Filton Aerodrome Filton Airport or Filton Aerodrome was a private airport in Filton and Patchway, within South Gloucestershire, north of Bristol, England. Description The airfield was bounded by the A38 road to the east, and the former London to Avonmout ...
, including an area east of Charlton Road known as Charlton Mead, named from the former hamlet of Charlton. Brentry has a mix of private housing and former
council housing Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council housing or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011, when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in social housing. D ...
. It has a primary school. Pen Park Hole is a large cavern, to which access is strictly limited, near Brentry at the edge of Filton Golf Course.
Brentry Hospital Brentry Hospital was a hospital in Brentry, a northern suburb of Bristol, England. The building was constructed as a family home, one among many English country houses for the Somerset gentry. Now known as Repton Hall, after its famous architect, ...
was founded in 1898 as the Brentry Certified Inebriate Reformatory. It joined the
National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...
as Brentry Hospital in 1948. After the hospital closed in 2000, the main building was converted into residential apartments and became known as Repton Hall. The grounds, now known as Royal Victoria Park, are Grade II listed by
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in the
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Industry

Brentry is a predominantly residential area. There are however pockets of industry and commerce namely Charlton Road, Charlton Lane and Wyck Beck Road. A former hospital laundry site just off Charlton Road now sees the
Pieminister Pieminister is a pie making company based in Bristol, South West England. Pieminister pies can be found in their restaurants, supermarkets and online, as well as various pubs and deli shops across the UK. As of 2022, Pieminister has restaurants an ...
Pie Factory. On Charlton Road there is a row of shops with a hairdresser, convenience grocery store and take-aways. On Wyck Beck Road there is a car repair garage,
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retailer and car hire business. The closest major commercial and industrial hubs are
Avonmouth Docks The Avonmouth Docks are part of the Port of Bristol, in England. They are situated on the northern side of the mouth of the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, opposite the Royal Portbury Dock on the southern side, where the river joins the River S ...
where there is light and
heavy industry Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); o ...
.
Cribbs Causeway Cribbs Causeway is both a road in South Gloucestershire, England, running north of the city of Bristol, and the adjacent area which is notable for its Out-of-town shopping centres in the United Kingdom, out-of-town shopping and leisure facilitie ...
is the nearest major retail hub. There are also major employment sites in nearby
Filton Filton is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, north of Bristol. Along with nearby Patchway and Bradley Stoke, Filton forms part of the Bristol urban area and has become an overflow settlement for the city. Filton has la ...
where a significant regional aerospace presence can be found.


References

{{Bristol Areas of Bristol Places formerly in Gloucestershire