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Photo of a large group of attendees standing in front of the air ambulance.

Thursday 28th November 2019 SH (Editor)

Royal official opening for Almondsbury helibase

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) welcomed His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester to officially open their new purpose-built emergency operations base in Almondsbury on Wednesday 25th September. Moving to the new site, located alongside the M4/M5 motorway interchange, was a huge milestone for the life-saving charity, which celebrated its tenth birthday last year. GWAAC’s Critical Care Team moved

Photo of GWAAC crew with air ambulance G-GWAC on the apron of the new Almondsbury air base

Saturday 1st December 2018 SH (Editor)

Air ambulance and police chopper now operating out of new Almondsbury base

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) has taken up tenancy of a new air base in Almondsbury. The move is a huge milestone for the charity, which had previously been operating from a hangar at the former Filton Airfield. The air ambulance has been joined at the new site by the local police helicopter, which was also previously based at

Thursday 14th December 2017 SH (Editor)

Work starts on new helibase at Almondsbury

Work is now under way to build a new air operations base for the air ambulance and police helicopter on a green belt site near the Almondsbury Interchange. The new helibase will serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) and National Police Air Service (NPAS), whose helicopters are currently based at a site on the former

Monday 23rd January 2017 SH (Editor)

Double celebration for air ambulance charity

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) had cause to celebrate the biggest week in its history at the end of November, when it received final confirmation of planning permission for a new helicopter operations base at a site near the Almondsbury Interchange and learned that a £1 million grant was heading its way. GWAAC chief executive John Christensen said: “Finding

Proposed new helicopter base for the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police Air Service in Almondsbury, Bristol.

Monday 18th April 2016 SH (Editor)

Town council objects to Almondsbury helibase following pressure from residents

Members of Bradley Stoke Town Council’s (BSTC’s) Planning Committee have voted to object to a planning application for a new helicopter base on land near the M4/M5 Almondsbury Interchange, following petitioning by local residents. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) chose to quash its original decision to grant permission for the new emergency services helibase after an Almondsbury resident asked for the

Saturday 2nd April 2016 SH (Editor)

Almondsbury helibase decision quashed

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has chosen to quash its decision to grant planning permission for a new helicopter base in Almondsbury, on a green belt site just across the M5 motorway from north Bradley Stoke, following a legal challenge from a determined objector. The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police

Thursday 18th June 2015 SH (Editor)

MP calls public meeting to discuss helicopter base planning application

Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, has called a public meeting to discuss a planning application for a new operations base for the Great Western Air Ambulance and the police helicopter which has been submitted for a green belt site in Almondsbury, just across the M5 motorway from the RAC building in north Bradley Stoke. The public meeting will be held

Tuesday 9th June 2015 SH (Editor)

Councillors demand noise barrier if new helicopter base approved

Bradley Stoke town councillors have demanded the provision of noise attenuation barriers for Woodlands Park and Ormonds Close should plans for a new helicopter base near the Almondsbury Interchange be approved by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) and National Police Air Service (NPAS), whose helicopters are currently based

Tuesday 19th May 2015 SH (Editor)

Parish and town councils to discuss Almondsbury Interchange helicopter base plans

Parish councils in Almondsbury and Bradley Stoke are to discuss a controversial planning application for a proposed new helicopter base on on green belt land close to the M4/M5 junction, just across the M5 motorway from the RAC building in north Bradley Stoke. The new base would serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police Air Service, whose

Monday 13th April 2015 SH (Editor)

Plan for new helicopter base near Almondsbury Interchange

Property consultants Alder King have announced the selection of a preferred site for a new helicopter base to serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity and National Police Air Service. Currently based at Filton Airfield, the air ambulance and police helicopter service has been looking for a new site for their joint helicopter base since last September.