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Emersons Green is a suburban neighbourhood and civil parish in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. It is part of the Bristol Built-up Area, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Bristol city centre. The neighbourhood was developed in the 1990s and early 21st century on farmland formerly in the parish of Mangotsfield. In 2011 the parish had a population of 17,317.
Coal was mined in the area in the 19th century. To the south there is a quarry, which has been reactivated.
A science and technology park, in conjunction with Bristol University and University of the West of England, has been built on an area of land adjacent to the M4 motorway and the A4174 ring road.
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