Filton
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Filton
A suburban town just to the north of Bristol, in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6079).
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Overnight on 22/23 August, the output of an aircraft factory at Filton near Bristol was drastically affected by a raid in which Ju88 bombers released over 16 tons of high explosive bombs.
Cllr Abraham described the arena site next to Temple Meads as ‘cramped’ and said a better venue would be the old but ‘iconic’ Brabazon Hangar on the Brentry side of the old Filton airfield.
XH557 had been allocated to Bristol Siddeley Engines to test the Olympus 301 engine and was being delivered to Filton.
The aircraft diverted to St. Mawgan, flying into Filton days later.
Restaurants, bars and 16,000 seats – this is what Bristol’s long-awaited arena could include if built on Filton Airfield.