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Our vision

Bristol Temple Quarter will bring a warm welcome to the heart of this incredible city.

Bristol Temple Quarter will bring a warm welcome to the heart of this incredible city. This is a community built on partnership, designed with people, for people — where everyone can find their place and feel at home. It welcomes the nation through a renewed Bristol Temple Meads station, fit for the 21st Century — a neighbourhood that celebrates our historic fabric yet is designed for a fast-changing future.

This is a place with foundations built on equity and inclusivity. Bristol Temple Quarter will focus on the delivery of high-quality new homes in the right places, with affordability at the heart of everything we do.

An engine for sustainable and inclusive growth, it’s where small ideas and big innovations get off the ground and generate well-paid, skilled jobs for everyone. This is a place that is united but not uniform, full of buildings, spaces and programmes that celebrate our city’s diverse culture and creative spirit — setting a gold standard for community-focussed placemaking.

It’s a haven for our city’s natural beauty, a place that revives greenspaces and waterways for all life to thrive. And together with the housing and infrastructure that it delivers, this place will enable people to live low-impact, sustainable urban lives. Bristol Temple Quarter draws on our city’s independent thinking to develop places with a difference, making positive change for our people and the planet.

The vision for Temple Quarter was developed following community and stakeholder engagement that helped to define what makes Bristol, Bristol, and how this spirit can be reflected at BTQ. From this community and stakeholder engagement, our vision statement was created to help guide future change at BTQ.

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Projects

Bristol Temple Quarter is one of the UK’s biggest urban regeneration schemes. There are a number of projects that make up BTQ across 135 hectares of land.

You can read more about each of these projects from here.

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- Station Approach at Bristol Temple Meads station. Passengers walk towards the station. On the right, a queue of blue taxis waits.

Bristol Temple Meads station

Bristol Temple Meads station is one of only nine Grade 1 listed stations in the country and sits at the heart of Bristol Temple Quarter.
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Artist's impression: Street level view looking through the site. A vibrant urban space featuring a pedestrian-friendly walkway bordered by soft landscaping and modern architectural elements. On the right, is a multi-story car park with vertical cladding and planting features. On the left, is a cycle hub, with planters and seating areas enhancing the public space. The pathway, paved with textured materials (similar to Bristol Temple Meads), leads to an open gateway providing connection with Temple Meads Station. The Temple Island development is shown indicatively in the background.

Southern Gateway

The Southern Gateway will be a new entrance to Bristol Temple Meads station, alongside a new multi-modal transport hub and high quality, cycle parking.
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