North Fringe of Bristol

The area falls within South Gloucestershire Council, and is the northern part of Greater Bristol.

The University of the West of England (UWE) has its main campus in the area, near Frenchay in Stoke Gifford.

This confirmed previous decisions in the Avon County Council structure plan, to remove land from the green belt at Patchway Common.

The North Fringe area, because of its highly accessible location adjoining two major motorways and on the edge of the major population centre of Bristol, experienced very substantial growth in housing and, in particular, employment during the 1980s and 1990s, which is still continuing.

In October 2016, the MetroBus released plans to improve bus journey times to the area, with a route from Cribbs Causeway to Hengrove Park in south Bristol.