Area information: Yate

Yate is a town in Gloucestershire at the southwest extremity of the Cotswold Hills, 12 miles (19km) northeast of the city of Bristol. The much smaller town of Chipping Sodbury is contiguous with Yate to the east.

Yate Railway Station serves the town. The station is located on the main Bristol to Birmingham line between Bristol Parkway and Cam & Dursley.

Construction of a pedestrianised shopping centre of around 100 shops began in the early to mid 1960s. Centre shops include Burtons (clothes retailer), Tesco, Boots (chemist), Halfords Metro, Iceland (supermarket), Argos, Superdrug and The Entertainer. Eating places in the centre are McDonalds, Burger King, Subway and Boswells. In December 2006 the owners of the shopping centre (Dominion Corporate Trustees) announced plans to enlarge and modernise it.

Also located near the shopping centre are Lidl, Morrisons and B&Q. There are two Tesco Express stores in Yate: one on Station Road (half way between the shopping centre and Yate Railway Station) and one in Brimsham Park. A B&Q DIY store was built in the mid to late 1980s (along with two small housing estates), on the site of the old Newmans electric motor factory (which was demolished in the mid 1980s).

The shopping centre also has a Job Centre Plus, Library, Leisure Centre, Over 50s Café and Health Centre. In 2008, construction of a new Health Centre began (on the site of the old one) costing around £12 million. It is expected to be open in the Autumn of 2009. The centre will stand 13 metres skywards, forming a new skyline for Yate, with 2,900 square metres of floor space.

The town has a skate park at Peghill. The Common (open space) on Westerleigh Road is used for dog walking, nature watching, kite flying and for circuses and fairs.

The town also has several large parks and areas of open space. The largest of these is Kingsgate Park which has a large adventure playground for children.