Winterstoke Gate

Winterstoke Gate is a settlement in Locking Parish, North Somerset, United Kingdom. The development comprises 425 homes.

Winterstoke Gate
Settlement
Winterstoke Gate Location within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST370609
Civil parish	Locking
Unitary authority	North Somerset
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WESTON-SUPER-MARE
Postcode district	BS24
Dialling code	01934
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Weston-super-Mare
List of places UK England Somerset 51°20′38″N2°54′21″W / 51.3439975°N 2.9057299°W / 51.3439975; -2.9057299

The development was built on former farmland by Keepmoat Homes and was built on council owned land just North of the former RAF Locking. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The development opened in November 2023. ^{[4] [5]}

The 'North South Spine Road' (Apprentice Way) is the main road of Winterstoke Gate. As of 2026 ^[update] it is under construction and it will run from Churchland Road to Locking Moor Road. (A371 road) ^[6]

Archaeological excavations in October 2017 by Wessex Archaeology revealed boundary ditches, and Romano-British and Post-Medieval pottery was found on the site. The site was drained and reclaimed from Marshland in the Iron Age, with early evidence of activity associated with salt production. The land was primarily used for pasture in the Post Medieval period, with rhynes (drainage ditches) and sea walls being used to regulate water levels. Settlement increased from the 16th Century indicated by pottery deposits. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

References

1. Baker, Hannah (2024). ""Former RAF base in Weston-super-Mare to be turned into hundreds of homes"". Business Live . p. 1.
2. Clark, Daniel (2024). ""Huge £83m investment will transform former RAF Base in seaside town"". Somerset Live . p. 1.
3. Homes, Alliance. "Winterstoke Gate, Weston-super-mare". Alliance Homes.
4. Hill, Amber (2023-11-28). ""First show home opens at Weston's Winterstoke Gate development"". Weston Mercury . p. 1.
5. Limbrick, Roberts (2021). "Locking Parklands Village Proposed Residential Development". North Somerset Council : 1.
6. Smith, M. (2016). Design and Access Statement Parklands Village & North South Spine Road, Weston-super-mare. Weston-super-Mare: North Somerset Council. pp. 3–7.
7. Allen, J.R.L. (February 1990). "The Severn Estuary in southwest Britain: its retreat under marine transgression, and fine-sediment regime". Sedimentary Geology. 66 (1–2): 13–28. doi:10.1016/0037-0738(90)90003-c. ISSN   0037-0738.
8. Brown, D H (2005). Wetlands and Drylands in prehistory: Mesolithic to Bronze age human activity and impact in the Severn estuary, southwest Britain. University of Reading. OCLC   1114822745.
9. Smith, Tracey (2017). North-South Spine Road, Weston Super Mare, North Somerset. Wessex Archaeology. pp. 4–27.