Brentry

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Brentry
latitude= 51.51
longitude= -2.61
map_type= Bristol
population =
unitary_england= Bristol
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Bristol North West
post_town= BRISTOL
postcode_district = BS
postcode_area= BS
dial_code= 0117
os_grid_reference= ST577792 Brentry is a suburb of north Bristol, England, between Henbury and Southmead which is spread along the southern edge of the Avonmouth-London railway line. The area is bounded by Filton Aerodrome to the north and Filton Golf Course to the east. Brentry has a mix of high-quality private housing and good former council housing.

The main road passing through the area was, for a decade or so, the main route for A38 traffic going through Bristol, but the bisection of the Filton Bypass by the runway for the giant Bristol Brabazon aircraft in the late 1940s downgraded its status. The hangar for the aircraft, once the largest such structure in the world, is at the edge of Brentry, directly below the Filton Golf Course hill. Pen Park Hole is a large cavern situated beneath the hill, to which access is strictly limited.

Brentry is also the name of a Bristol based band, named in honour of Brentry Road in Fishponds.

External links

* [http://www.brentry.net Homepage of Brentry, the band]