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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

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

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

The GT40 was developed and assembled in humble Slough, on the town's trading estate, on its way to motorsport immortality.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2018

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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