Patchway is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, situated 6 mi (9.7 km) north-north west of central Bristol.

Housing in Patchway Estate lies southwest of the main London-South Wales railway line.

The mall and two retail parks at Cribbs Causeway, just north of Filton airfield, form the largest shopping centre in South West England.

On the opposite side of the railway track, (since 2015 no longer part of Patchway) is the Stoke Lodge housing estate.

Now called Stoke Lodge and the Common Parish Council, The A38 trunk road, upgraded to a dual carriageway in the mid-1970s, separates the two housing estates.

Aztec West, an office and warehouse park, is situated on the northern fringes of the town, sandwiched between Patchway Estate and Stoke Lodge.

Patchway railway station is on the mainline South Wales-London railway line, but the service to Bristol is infrequent with just a single train per hour which is frequently shortformed (meaning it should have three carriages but arrives with only two so that prospective passengers are unable to board) during rush hour.

Industrialization started when a flying school at Filton Aerodrome was converted into an aeroengine factory, when the Bristol Aeroplane Company (BAC) acquired Cosmos Engineering in 1920.

In the late 1940s the bypass was severed by the extension of the main runway at Filton aerodrome to accommodate the Bristol Brabazon airliner.

In the 1950s and early 1960s a large bungalow estate was built at Stoke Lodge, adjacent to Patchway Common.

Also in the mid-1960s, the New Filton Bypass (now part of the M5 motorway) was constructed, on the north-west fringe of Patchway Estate, along the upper edge of the Severn Escarpment.

Rolls-Royce have built new production facilities on the Gypsy Patch test site, close to the A38 and have completely demolished the old East Works, for redevelopment.

All the Rolls-Royce Bristol facilities are now north of Gypsy Patch Lane, the former West Works site on the airfield having been redeveloped by the Post Office in the late 1980s.

The old library premises were demolished and this site was incorporated with that of the former Britannia public house to facilitate the building of a new three storey construction on behalf of the local NHS Trust – The Hub.

Patchway has had a long connection with the Scout Movement, with the Headquarters being located in buildings of Worthing Road – behind the Town Council offices.