Bristol Temple Quarter is one of the UK’s largest and most ambitious regeneration projects. Our vision is to transform over 135 hectares of brownfield land at the heart of the city into a well-connected, mixed-use community.
The regeneration will create up to 10,000 new sustainable homes, thousands of jobs in the heart of the West of England and bring £1.6 billion each year to the city-region economy.
A refurbished Bristol Temple Meads Station will reinforce its role as the region’s largest transport hub. The scheme will preserve the heritage of the Grade I listed station while creating a welcoming 21st-century gateway to the city. Improvements will prioritise public transport, walking and cycling, helping to create a greener, more accessible and a better-connected community.
Bristol Temple Quarter is a place built on partnerships. The project partners, Bristol City Council, West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, Network Rail and Homes England, have come together to deliver this vision.
The project received a boost in June 2022, receiving £94.7m of government funding. This money kickstarted Phase 1 of the project, helping to bring new entrances to Bristol Temple Meads station and thousands of new homes and jobs to the area.
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Our vision is to create a sustainable and flourishing new urban quarter that brings a warm welcome to the heart of the city. Temple Quarter will help Bristol become a fairer and more equal city that benefits all communities: a community built on partnership, designed with people, for people.
Regenerating the area around Bristol Temple Meads Station, the largest transport interchange in our region, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the city. It will bring about the long-awaited transformation of a key site in the heart of the city, creating thousands of new homes and jobs close to significant areas of deprivation.
Catalysed by the new University of Bristol Enterprise Campus at the centre of BTQ, Temple Quarter will become a national asset in levelling up the UK economy: creating high quality jobs, opportunities and homes for the entire city-region.
Through the delivery of housing, employment and infrastructure, Bristol Temple Quarter will enable low-impact, sustainable urban living, supporting positive change for both people and the planet.
In March 2024, the Bristol Temple Quarter LLP was incorporated. This joint venture between the Temple Quarter partners gives a single public sector body to drive forward the comprehensive regeneration of the area. The partners have agreed to pool their land, to enable the right development in the right places.
Bristol Temple Quarter will be delivered across two principal development areas.
Temple Meads West:
Primarily around Bristol Temple Meads Station on publicly owned land, supported by £94.7m government funding.
Development will include new commercial and residential schemes, alongside key infrastructure improvements, including three new entrances to Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
BTQ LLP has selected Muse Places Ltd as its preferred development partner, to work with it to bring forward a comprehensive scheme.
Deliver development value of £845 million.
Create 2,500 new homes and 2,200 direct jobs by 2032.
St Philips Marsh:
Regeneration of St. Philip’s Marsh to the east of the station, totalling 65 hectares.
A longer-term, strategic opportunity for significant housing and commercial outputs
A Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is in development to support coordinated change across the area.
Strategic flood resilience infrastructure is required to address key site constraints in St Philip’s Marsh to enable new jobs and significant housing.
Bristol City Council has worked with the Environment Agency to create Avon Riversides 2100 (formerly the Bristol Avon Flood Strategy) which will unlock several strategic sites including Temple Quarter. An initial £88m funding has been identified to support the first phase of flood resilience infrastructure with a further £128m required to deliver the full scheme.
Development framework: currently in development
