Multi-storey plan Temple Meads set to get new car park by 2028

PLANS to build a huge new multi-storey car park just south of Temple Meads station have been submitted to Bristol City Council.

- Angus MCINTYRE

The 379-space car park will be the centrepiece of the “Southern Gateway; a development which will include a standalone cycle storage hub with room for over 530 bikes, new bus stops and improvements to the Bath Road cycle path and walkway.

The Southern Gateway will be built on the site on Bath Road immediately south of the River ‘Avon from Temple Meads, most recently occupied by a Kwik Fit which closed in 2023. It is scheduled to open in 2028.

Alongside the transport hub, Network Rail will convert an existing railway track into a pedestrian walkway over the River Avon to improve access to and from the station for people in South Bristol. The car park will also include a new drop off and pick up area for cars, offering an alternative to Station Approach.