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Whitfield is a hamlet 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.


Location

It is on the A38 near
Falfield Falfield is a village and a civil parish in the Charfield Ward at the northern border of South Gloucestershire, situated on the A38 Gloucester Road, immediately west of junction 14 of the M5 motorway. In Norman times it was part of the hist ...
. Located just beyond the B4061 junction, the rural exit from Thornbury. The hamlet has a nucleus around Brinkmarsh and Iron Hogg Lanes but also strings out along the main A38 between Bristol and Gloucester and into the B4061 towards Thornbury.


Economy and facilities

The hamlet is bounded by farmland. The northern outskirts have an
organic beef Organic beef is beef grown according to organic food principles scientifically. Organic beef According to the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) Standards rules passed on October 22, 2002, certified organic livestock, including beef, must come f ...
farm and Eastwood Park garden centre. The local buildings are, in keeping with the regional vernacular, made mainly of stone or rendered detached homes and some farm buildings. The most notable nearby landmarks are the country estates of Eastwood Park and
Tortworth Court Tortworth Court is a Victorian architecture, Victorian mansion in Tortworth near Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire. England. It was built in Tudor Style architecture, Tudor style for the Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2n ...
. Eastwood Park is now a conference centre, with training and social facilities that cater to the healthcare and private sectors. Tortworth Court is now a quality hotel with a number of restaurants, pool and spa facilities.


References

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