Railway Triangle

Opening up major development opportunities.

With the decision of Gloucester Rugby to stay at its present home at Kingsholm instead of relocating to a proposed new community stadium at The Railway Triangle, next to Eastern Avenue and Metz Way, the Gloucester Heritage URC is now exploring alternative options, including an innovation and science park, as set out in its Regeneration Framework for the redevelopment of this key area of the city.

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Site description

The Railway Triangle area contains 19 hectares of mainly brownfield land, most of which is enclosed by a triangle of three railway lines where the Birmingham – Bristol route intersects with the South Wales route on the eastern edge of the city.

Outputs

19 ha of brownfield land redeveloped
400 new homes
250 new jobs
5,000 sq m hotel
7,500 sq m offices
£70m private sector leverage
potential student accommodation

Related Links

Railway Triangle Datasheet
PDF (340kb)

Regeneration Area Map
PDF (832kb)

Opportunites for Business

The original plan, strongly favoured by our Community and Business Forums, was to build a new 22,000- seater community stadium, where Gloucester Rugby, Gloucester City Football Club and local colleges could come together to create a regional centre of sporting excellence.

However, this decision has now opened up other major opportunities for the area which include, first and foremost, bringing employment into this currently derelict area of the City.

Chris Oldershaw
Chief Executive
Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company

4 Comments

Danny Wingrove said

And there's me thinking it was all still outline proposal. The words "will be" are rather decisive.
Posted on 13/Apr/2007

Anthony said

I believe that GRFC have missed a great opportunity by deciding to stay at Kingsholm. This was proposed as a community stadium for the whole city and dents the gathering regeneration of our great city. Very disappointed!
Posted on 23/Apr/2007

Paul Dewick said

I have to say that I agree totally with why Gloucester Rugby is staying at Kingsholm, A shared stadium with football does not work in rugby. Gloucester will soon have a ground that is in the top three for rugby grounds in Europe. That is some thing to be proud of.
Posted on 26/Apr/2007

chris said

What about a different type of stadium . One to hold events similar to the cia in cardiff or birminghams nec. That would truly put gloucester on the map. Music concerts, sports events on a smaller scale etc etc .
Posted on 26/Apr/2007

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