Filton
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Filton is a suburban 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.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Filton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Filton.church.arp.750pix.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Peter's Church, Filton
- UK place.population
- 10,607
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, 2011 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST603792
- UK place.civil_parish
- Filton
- UK place.unitary_england
- South Gloucestershire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- BRISTOL
- UK place.postcode_area
- BS
- UK place.postcode_district
- BS7, BS34
- UK place.dial_code
- 0117, 01454
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
- UK place.website
- Filton Town Council
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Connections, districts and facilities
- Industry
- Population
- Administration
- History
- Twin towns
- Sport
- Climate
- References
- External links
Filton is a suburban 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 large areas of open space which include several playing fields, a golf course and the former Filton Airport (closed in 2012).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Filton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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