Award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, is excited to unveil The Southville Collection, an exquisite collection of 106 new homes set along two new streets in the heart of Southville, one of Bristol’s most creative neighbourhoods. The Southville Collection comprises a range of property types including 60 three, four and five-bedroom houses launching on 27 November 2026 and 46 one to three-bedroom apartments scheduled to launch in early 2027, with 30% of homes designated as affordable housing. The development will enhance the vibrancy of the area, bringing new energy and opportunity that will help Southville’s community continue to flourish for years to come.
Distinctive in design and rich in heritage, The Southville Collection occupies the former site of Factory Number 3 of the Wills Tobacco Company, once the beating heart of the local neighbourhood. The collection draws inspiration from Southville’s characterful terraced streets and the rooflines of its former factories, with Bristol stone window surrounds and considered façades reflecting the area’s colourful history.
That enterprising spirit endures today in Southville’s thriving creative community. Colourful North Street is alive with independent galleries, boutiques and artisan traders, enhanced further by vivid street art that has turned the neighbourhood into an open-air gallery and which is home to Upfest, Europe’s largest street art festival.
Rebecca Littler, Group Sales and Marketing Director at The Hill Group, comments: “We’re proud to launch The Southville Collection, the second beautifully designed development we are bringing to life in Bristol. Southville combines a strong local character with city convenience, blending independent culture, green spaces, excellent schools and great transport connections. Set within a highly desired postcode, where new-build houses are rare, and with an exceptionally vibrant and eclectic community spirit, we’re confident that The Southville Collection will appeal to a vast array of buyers, including professionals, families, downsizers and first-time buyers.”
The carefully crafted selection of three, four and five-bedroom houses offer private off-street parking with electric vehicle charging points and gardens that are accessible directly from the open plan living/family room. Interiors are finished to a luxurious specification: kitchens in a sleek matt finish with additional LED feature lighting to the wall units, Caesarstone worktops with matching upstands and splashbacks, a full range of integrated appliances, contemporary bathrooms with framed feature mirrors and Amtico flooring throughout the ground floor. The striking apartment buildings pair traditional brick with full-height glazing for an elegant first impression, offering well-proportioned one to three-bedroom apartments, some with flexible dual-level layouts, with private balconies and terraces.
The prime location of The Southville Collection places residents within easy walking and cycling distance of Bristol’s historic centre and bustling harbourside – a seven-minute cycle from Bristol Harbour, nine minutes from Bristol Old City and 12 minutes from Cabot Circus, with Wapping Wharf also just a 21-minute walk away. Green space is close at hand, from Greville Smyth Park and Dame Emily Park to the sprawling 850-acre Ashton Court Estate which can be reached in just six minutes by bike. For sports fans, Ashton Gate Stadium, home to Bristol City FC, Bristol Bears Rugby and Bristol Flyers Basketball, is a leisurely 12-minute walk from the development.
Families will find an excellent choice of schools nearby, with Ashton Gate Primary School just a four-minute walk away and secondary schools St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School and Bristol Cathedral Choir School only a nine-minute cycle away. The area also has several independent schools including Bristol Grammar School and Clifton College, both just a 21-minute cycle ride, as well as the University of Bristol – ranked eighth in the UK in the QS World University Rankings 2026, and the University of the West of England, both within easy reach.
