Yate

Yate
Clockwise from top: Yate shopping centre, Poole Court, Stanshawes Court, Townscape and St Mary's Church
Yate is located in Gloucestershire
Yate
Yate
Location within Gloucestershire
Interactive map showing the parish boundary
Population23,701 (2021 census)
OS grid referenceST7182
Civil parish
  • Yate
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBristol
Postcode districtBS37
Dialling code01454
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Yate is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies just to the southwest of the Cotswold Hills and is 12 miles (19 kilometres) northeast of Bristol and 12 miles (19 kilometres) from Bath.

Developing from a small village into a town from the 1950s onwards, the 2021 UK census listed Yate's parish population as 23,701. The built-up area, which spills into neighbouring parishes and is contiguous with the market town of Chipping Sodbury to the east, had a population just over 37,000.