Yate is a modern town situated on the edge of the Cotswolds. The name Yate is derived from the Saxon work Gete meaning “a gateway into a forest area.”
Located 12 miles northeast of the city of Bristol, Yate is an established town with a pedestrianised shopping centre with over 100 shops, a leisure centre, library, doctors’ surgeries and dentists situated around the town. The town is served by three senior schools and numerous primary schools.
Close by is the market town of Chipping Sodbury, an ideal place to wander around the local shops and visit the many pubs and cafés.
Brimsham Park is the newest development in Yate, built in the late 1990’s. A large open space known as Brimsham Fields is set amongst the development, the large lake attracts swans, ducks, coots and moorhens and is a popular fishing site. For children there is a large open space and play area.
Yate is ideally situated for both the M4 and M5 motorways. There is a local railway station and regular bus services to Bristol city centre.
Buses, Trains, Airports, Taxis
Buses
First Bus 0871 200 22 33 www.firstgroup.com
National Express 08717 818 181 www.nationalexpress.com
Trains
National Rail 08457 484 950 www.nationalrail.co.uk
Airports
Bristol Airport 0871 334 4450 www.bristolairport.co.uk
Cardiff Airport 01446 711 111 www.cwlfly.com
Taxis
Grab a cab 01454 313883
Yate Premier 01454 858222
Chipping Sodbury Taxis 07891 190984
Local Council Offices
South Gloucestershire Council 01454 868686 Castle Street, Thornbury
Yate Town Council 01454 866506 Poole Court, Yate
Theatres & Cinemas
Sodbury Players The Town Hall, Chipping Sodbury 0845 1260859<
VUE Cinema The Venue, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, BS10 7SR 08712 240 240 www.myvue.com
Electric Picture House Market Street, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos 01453 844601
Doctors & Dentists
Doctors
Abbotswood Surgery 42 Abbotswood, Yate 01454 313577
Yate Health Centre West Walk Surgery, Yate 01454 272229
Courtside Surgery Kennedy Way, Yate 01454 313874
Kennedy Way Surgery Kennedy Way, Yate 01179 591 920
West Walk Surgery 21 West Walk, Yate 01454 272200 01454 313744
The Surgery Wellington Road, Yate 01454 323366
Dentists
Apple Dentist Practice 43a Abbotswood 01454 312981
The Dental Surgery Wellington Road 01454 311360
The Ridge Dental Surgery 86 Firgrove Crescent The Ridge
Yate Centre Dental Surgery 2a North Walk, Yate Shopping Centre 01454 312600
DJ White BDS 8 Hounds Road, Chipping Sodbury 01454 313913
Vets
Rowe Veterinary Group 9 Station Road, Yate 01454 318016
Brimsham Park Vetinary Clinic Lark Rise 01454 312312
Riley 61 Horse Street, Chipping Sodbury 01454 312636
Schools
Primary Schools
Abbotswood Primary Kelston Close, Yate 01454 867777
Broadway Infant School Broadway, Yate 01454 867130
Cranleigh Court Infant Cranleigh Court Road, Yate 01454 867180
Fromebank Junior Tyndale Avenue, Yate 01454 867120
Raysfield Infant School Finch Road, Chipping Sodbury 01454 867140
Raysfield Junior School Finch Road, Chipping Sodbury 01454 866795
Ridge Junior School Melrose Avenue, Yate 01454 867125
St Mary’s CE Primary Church Road, Yate 01454 867155
St John’s Mead CE Primary & Nursery Hounds Road, Chipping Sodbury 01454 866501
St Paul’s RC Primary Sundridge Park, Yate 01454 866790
Secondary Schools
Brimsham Green Broad Lane, Yate 01454 868888
Chipping Sodbury Bowling Road, Chipping Sodbury 01454 862900
King Edmund Community Sundridge Park, Yate 01454 862626