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Main towns
Clevedon
Clevedon has a population of over 22,000 and is located close to Junction 20 of the M5 motorway. Bristol city centre is situated approximately 13 miles to the east, and is easily accessible.
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Nailsea
With a population of over 16,000, Nailsea is surrounded by beautiful countryside yet is located within 10 miles of Bristol city centre.
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Portishead
Portishead has a population of over 21,000 and is expected to increase. The town has grown significantly in recent years through a mixture of residential and commercial development.
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Weston-super-Mare
The largest town in North Somerset with a population of over 78,000. The town is set to grow further through a mixture of residential and commercial development during the forthcoming years.
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Transport links and motorway junctions
M5 J21 (Weston-super-Mare)
M5 J20 (Clevedon/Nailsea)
M5 J19 (Portishead)
Bristol Airport
This growing international airport is located in the heart of North Somerset. Passengers can fly direct from Bristol to over 120 destinations in the UK, America and Europe including New York, Barcelona, Geneva, Madrid and Paris.
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Royal Portbury Dock
Situated in the Bristol Channel, the port has an important strategic national role in supplying several important industries with valuable raw materials such as coal, oil, fertilisers and metals.
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Weston-super-Mare train station
Weston Milton train station
Worle train station
Yatton train station
Nailsea and Backwell train station
Landmarks, leisure facilities and attractions
Curzon Community Cinema
A community cinema that shows the latest blockbusters as well as independent and foreign language films.
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Clevedon Court
A fourteenth century Manor House now owned by the National Trust.
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Clevedon Craft Centre
Housed in the outbuildings of a seventeenth century farm, providing the opportunity to purchase a variety of local arts and crafts.
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Clevedon Pier
A restored Grade I listed pier completed in 1869. The pier is open to those who want to take a walk and admire the views. You can also enjoy fishing from the pier, and hold special events.
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Strode Leisure Centre
Includes a 25 metre swimming pool, an indoor sports hall and outdoor football pitch, a crèche, gym, and a range of exercise classes.
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Tyntesfield
This Victorian country house includes gardens, an arboretum and parkland. Tyntesfield has benefited from recent restoration that continues today, offering visitors an insight into the work needed to conserve this estate.
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Ashton Court
Ashton Court is located a short distance from Nailsea. This estate has over 800 acres of woodland and grassland, and a Grade 1 listed mansion. Ashton Court is a venue for a number of large events including the International Balloon Fiesta.
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Scotch Horn Leisure Centre
Scotch Horn Leisure Centre has a gym, crèche, café, sports hall, outdoor football pitches, and a range of group fitness classes.
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Portishead Open Air Pool
Portishead Open Air Pool, situated in the Lake Grounds, is a 33 metre heated outdoor swimming pool, which has recently benefited from a television makeover project.
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Parish Wharf Leisure Centre
A 25 metre swimming pool and a pirate themed leisure pool with interactive water features for families to enjoy. There is also a sports hall, crèche, gym, and a range of aerobic and fitness classes.
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Weston beach
Over two miles of sandy beach and promenade with views over the Channel. An expansive area for walking, relaxing, beach activities, wind and water sports.
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Grand Pier
The Grand Pier includes state of the art rides as well as traditional favourites and offers conference and meeting rooms.
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SeaQuariam
Over 25 displays and an amazing underwater tunnel, providing visitors with a closer look into the depths of our oceans. With sharks, rays and other creatures swimming gracefully past, just inches away.
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Playhouse Theatre
A wide variety of productions are held including ballet, music, drama and opera.
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Avon ski and action centre
Outdoor dry slope ski centre.
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Business case studies
Alliance Homes
A community-based social enterprise providing a range of housing services in North Somerset. We do not exist to make a profit and any surplus money is spent on improving homes and services.
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AL Lintels
One of the largest single site stockists of Catnic lintels in the UK. Located on an eight acre site in Yatton AL Lintels stock over £500,000 worth of lintels and dispatch these to many builders’ merchants and large developers across mainland UK servicing some well-established names in the industry such as Jewsons, Travis Perkins and Redrow Homes.
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Brabantia UK
A wholly owned subsidiary of BIS International Holding BV, based in The Netherlands, manufacturers of a wide range of quality steel housewares, including the well known 'Touch Bin and 'Sensor Bin'.
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Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport opened in 1930 but moved to its current location in North Somerset in 1957. Today, Bristol is the South West’s largest airport, and the fifth busiest in the UK outside London. One of the country’s fastest growing airports in recent years, Bristol Airport handled over 5.7m passengers in 2010.
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Britannia Windows
A family owned and run business that was established in 1980 with just five employees, now grown to employ over 50 local people. Proud to be the largest and longest established PVCu Window, Door and Conservatory manufacturer and installer in the area.
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Brunel Engraving
A leading commercial and industrial engraving specialist providing bespoke engraving services and supplying trophies, medals and awards to local, national and overseas customers.
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Burleigh
A design and print media communications business located in purpose-built premises in Portishead. The company has been established for over 100 years and over that time occupied various locations in Bristol. It moved to Portishead in 2006 where it built a 10,000 sq ft office and production facility close to the new marina development in the town.
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Chorus IT Ltd
Established in Shirehampton, Bristol in 1999, Chorus IT has built its reputation as one of Bristol’s leading IT support and CRM specialists by delivering high quality managed services to a range of clients.
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Claverham Ltd
Specialises in the design, manufacture and support of reliable, high integrity actuation products and systems for aerospace, marine and industrial applications.
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Cove Catering and Leisure
The Cove Cafe at Anchor Head, offering Paninis, sandwiches, cream teas etc. is very popular with the local residents of Weston.
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Create Signs
Sign partnership Create Signs started trading from Langford in 2002, supplying and installing signage nationwide. Being located in North Somerset has meant that the company has succeeded in winning many contracts in Bristol and south Wales as they are ideally situated to benefit from the good transport links in the area.
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Doubletree by Hilton Cadbury House
A privately owned venue which opened its doors in 2007 after a £20 million refurbishment and development, taking the former Cadbury House Country Club to a 4 star hotel and award winning health club in a matter of months.
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GE Oil & Gas
A world leader in advanced technology equipment and services for all segments of the oil and gas industry, from drilling, Subsea Systems, LNG, pipelines and storage to industrial power generation, refining and petrochemicals.
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Mendip Outdoor Pursuits
Has been providing life changing experiences and great memories since 1987. Situated on the edge of the stunning Mendip Hills in North Somerset, between Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, we have been providing high quality, tailor-made outward bound courses for companies, schools, organisations and individuals throughout the South West.
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ONEPOST
The UK's leading provider of independent postal advice and management using expert knowledge and specialist software to offer cost-saving postal solutions for sorted UK and international mailings, unsorted post, packets and parcels.
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Ontrac Agency Ltd
First established in 1972, the Ontrac Agency is one of the region’s leading marketing services companies. Now employing 30 people in offices based in Nailsea, North Somerset and Newtown, Powys, this independently owned business works with local, national and international businesses. Size of client business is irrelevant. We work with individuals – face to face.
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Oxford Instruments Plasma Tecnology
Based in Yatton, was established in 1982, while the parent company, Oxford Instruments Group celebrated its 50 year anniversary in 2009. As the first commercial spin-out company from Oxford University, Oxford Instruments developed the world's first superconducting magnet in 1959, and has continued to expand and innovate since that time.
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Powervamp Ltd
Powervamp Ltd has been regarded as the world leader in the design, and manufacture, of high quality power products into many professional markets for 18yrs and has built a reputation for refusing to compromise on quality. Powervamp understands the requirement to meet the customers criteria properly, first time.
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Puxton Park
Set in 50 acres of parkland just off the M5 (Junction 21), Puxton Park offers a giant three story indoor play barn, pets village, falconry centre, outdoor animal pens and party rooms.
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Rapide System Supplies
Office paper, printer cartridges, general stationery, office furniture, printing and office machines. These six product areas are now the heart of the business.
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Solarsense
The South West's leading solar installer, moved to picturesque grounds in Backwell in August 2010. Now with nearly 40 staff, we have our own in-house architect and professional building surveyor, as well as a specialist commercial installation team and several of our own PV and thermal teams too.
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Thatchers
Cider was first produced at Thatchers Cider in Sandford, North Somerset, in 1904. Now employing 70 people, this family led business has become an integral part of the regional business community, as an employer, a customer to many other regional suppliers, and as a producer of regional produce.
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Viper Subsea
Started trading in July 2007 with three staff based in an old converted barn in Tickenham. By January 2009, they had moved to more modern, newly built offices in Portishead, and by April 2011 were employing 20 staff.
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