Wapley Common Inland Sorting Depot: who knew?

Wapley Common Inland Sorting Depot: who knew?

Posted by Mark A at 10:56, 28th May 2026

It was in Yate (and the site's now beneath housing). It came to my notice because the site is adjacent to a locally valued concrete footbridge across Kennedy Way there - Kennedy Way being the sort of 'Yate and Chipping Sodbury bypass' that in part evolved from the approach road to the depot.

(The concrete footbridge - crossing a dual carriageway - is about to become a little notorious as South Gloucestershire Council, uneasy about its condition, is intending to demolish it completely over the weekend of June 5th - 8th, with no intention to replace it - the people who formerly used it will be directed to other crossings about ten minutes walk away).

Mark

Archaeological record of Wapley Common Depot:

https://eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/935/

The site, from NLS mapping:

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15.1&lat=51.53522&lon=-2.41443&layers=258&b=ESRIWorld&o=100

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