About Us

Avonside Branch of CPRE is bounded to the North by the Severn Valley, the East by the Cotswold escarpment, an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), the Mendip Hills to the South, another AONB, and in the West by the banks of the River Severn and the coastal strip from Portishead to Weston-Super-Mare.

The name derives from the former county of Avon which is now made up of the four Unitary Authorities, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset ,and the city of Bristol. These authorities jointly make up the administrative area of the West of England Partnership.

Key Towns

The City of Bristol with its Maritime and Engineering history and the City of Bath, a World Heritage Site, are the main towns with much of the surrounding country side designated as Green Belt.

The Regional Spatial Strategy seeks to increase the housing stock over the next 20 yrs in this area by 92,500 with the subsequent pressure on the country side and environment.

CPRE Avonside is working to mitigate and reduce this huge load through the statutory process to save and protect the existing country side and to help regenerate the urban areas.