Waitrose has chosen Brabazon for its first new flagship supermarket in seven years, further cementing the neighbourhood as one of the best places to live, work and visit in Bristol. 

Expected to open in 2027, residents will be able to find everything they need for their weekly groceries on their doorstep.  

The building will sit at the gateway to Brabazon, fronting onto the A38 Gloucester Road and will be close to the new train station currently under construction and due to open next year. 

The New Train Station at Brabazon.

The arrival of Waitrose shows how Brabazon has quickly become one of Bristol’s most desirable new neighbourhoods and will be an exciting and welcome addition to this award-winning city district. 

The store will occupy the ground floor of a seven-storey office building, designed by AHR Architects and will have a dedicated multi-storey car park with space for over 1,500 vehicles. 

Seb Loyn, Planning & Development Director at YTL Developments, said: 

“The arrival of Waitrose in 2027 is not only great news for the thriving community of new residents at Brabazon: It shows that this new city district is now firmly established as one of the most attractive destinations for commercial investment in the South West. 

“In the past year, YTL Developments has announced a multi-billion pound investment package, seen work start on a new train station, and welcomed hundreds of new residents to the community.  

“Welcoming Waitrose – one of the best-loved retailers in the UK – to Brabazon as our first commercial partnership is a signal of our intent to create a new town for North Bristol that works for people and for businesses, now and for years to come.” 

Hundreds of award-winning new homes are already completed and occupied at Brabazon, with hundreds more currently under construction, as well as over 1,500 student accommodation beds and a new community hub in a historic listed aircraft hangar. 

A row of new brick houses on a landscaped living garden street at Brabazon, Bristol.
The Skylark Homes on a Landscaped Living Garden Street at The Heritage District.

Plans also include creative workplaces to support up to 30,000 jobs, as well as the largest new urban public park in the South West for over 50 years and not forgetting the supersonic new 19,500-capacity YTL Arena. 

For Waitrose, the new store will create around 150 new jobs and forms part of plans to inject £1bn over the next three years into new stores and improvements to 150 existing shops, almost half of its estate. 

James Bailey, Executive Director for Waitrose, said: 

“Brabazon is one of the most exciting new city districts in the UK, driving the growth of one of the UK’s most vibrant and successful regional economies.  

“Partnering with YTL Developments at Brabazon underlines our ambition and the opportunity we believe we have to grow our reach.” 

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