trading estate

British

noun

Also called: industrial estate. a large area in which a number of commercial or industrial firms are situated

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The biggest populations are around the Blackpole Trading Estate, Shire Business Park and the city centre.

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The glitz and glamour of the Strictly ballroom or the Emerald City in Wicked seem like a world away from a south London trading estate.

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On a small, nondescript trading estate in East Bristol, you could walk right by Broadway Group.

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It is hoped the footage - filmed on the Slough Trading Estate in Berkshire - can be shown to the public as part of the series' 60th anniversary next year.

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Orchard House Foods employed 430 people at Team Valley Trading Estate and announced plans to close the site and move production to Northamptonshire in August.

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