Cadbury Heath is a residential suburb in
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Kingswood, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke. The southern p ...
, England. It is in
Oldland parish in the eastern fringe of the
Bristol Built-up Area, east of
Bristol city centre, and borders the neighbourhoods of
Longwell Green,
Oldland Common,
Warmley and
Kingswood.
Historically, Cadbury Heath was part of the
Kingswood Forest. Much of the area was developed in the immediate
post-war period as a low-rise
council estate
Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council housing or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011, when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in social housing. D ...
suburb, with a neighbourhood centre including a primary school, pub and community hall. The estate gained the nickname "Banjo Island" due to the layout of the streets around Park Crescent.
For elections to South Gloucestershire Council, it is in the Parkwall and Warmley
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected t ...
.
It is home to
Cadbury Heath F.C.
References
Villages in South Gloucestershire District
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