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

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

At least four major locations across Suffolk have been identified - the Eye Airfield trading estate; Mendlesham Airfield; land near Melton train station and at the Port of Ipswich.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2021

Ricky Gervais put its trading estate on the map in The Office, while poet John Betjeman famously invited friendly bombs to fall on Slough.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2021

Operating from a local trading estate, he bought at least 42 premises that we have identified, in the Skegness, Mablethorpe and Boston area of Lincolnshire.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2012

They opened a couple of months back on a small trading estate, around the same time two shops on the high street were shuttered.

From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2011

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