The Bottle Yard Studios | |
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General information | |
Address | Whitchurch Lane, Bristol, BS14 0BH |
Town or city | Bristol, England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°24′36″N 2°34′51″W / 51.4101°N 2.5809°W |
Opened | 2010 |
The Bottle Yard Studios is a British film and television production studio facility in Bristol, South West England. It is the largest dedicated production space in the West of England.[1][2]
The studios are located on Whitchurch Lane, approximately 4 miles south of Bristol city centre. In 2010, the site stood unused after operating for more than 50 years as a former winery and bottling plant. At one time it had housed the full production line for Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry, run by John Harvey & Sons.
The studios opened in 2010 as a partnership initiative with Bristol City Council which owns the studios, transforming the disused industrial space into a busy creative hub for film and TV production.[3][4]
In its first year, the studios were estimated to have brought in £8 million in investment into the city of Bristol.[5] In 2021, it was credited with helping achieve about a tripling of drama production in Bristol since 2010.[4]
The West of England Combined Authority has invested £11.3 million to open three more stages in 2022, increasing the number of stages to eight.[4]