The Patchway Food Co-op has been set up by volunteers at Brooks Cafe. It’s a new way of buying fresh produce in Patchway. Bags of mixed seasonal fruit or/and vegetables are available to buy at cost price, to ensure everyone gets the most value for money. Vegetable bags are just £5 for approx eight items and fruit bags are £4
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A number of Patchway transport, youth and community projects stand to benefit from decisions due to be made at a meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Southern Brooks Area Forum this week. The forum has £100k to allocate to local transport capital schemes and two of the twelve schemes to be considered for implementation are in Patchway. These are: Provision
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In recognition of the long and outstanding service given to the community by three ex-Councillors, Patchway Town Council has used its powers under the Local Government Act to confer the title of Honorary Freeman on Dr Kenneth Graupner, Mr Lewis Gray and Mr Charles Horton. This is the first time this honour has been conferred by the Town Council and
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The replacement Pegwell Brake footbridge over the M5 motorway near Patchway was officially opened to the public this morning (Monday 18th February) by pupils from Coniston Primary School. The new steel pedestrian bridge, located between junctions 16 and 17 of the motorway, was installed last month and officially opened today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by local Councillors. The 57-tonne
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The creation of an independent parish council for Stoke Lodge and The Common, both of which currently lie within the administrative area of Patchway, will have significant financial implications for Patchway Town Council, a meeting has heard. In a public consultation held last year, residents of Stoke Lodge and The Common voted overwhelmingly to split from Patchway and form their
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A local supermarket is claiming to be one of the most romantic workplaces in the region, due to a string of blossoming romances between colleagues. Asda at Cribbs Causeway has 12 colleagues who found love in the aisles, prompting store bosses to declare it Asda’s most romantic store. The longest ‘serving’ love birds found a relationship whilst working in the
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A Patchway primary school has advertised for a new headteacher after the previous holder of the post resigned last year. Callicroft Primary School (in Rodway Road) is currently being overseen by Richard Clark, the headteacher at Stoke Lodge Primary School, pending the new appointment. Mr Clark has been supporting the school in an ‘Executive Head’ role since the previous headteacher,
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A local community choir is looking for new members to swell its ranks. Dianne Stiddard, Chair of the 40-strong Stokes Singers, said: “Looking for a stress-busting, fun, vocal workout? Then why not come and sing with us!” Stokes Singers is a non-auditioning, all-embracing choir, with no requirement to read music. It has a relaxed atmosphere and is open to anybody
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An experimental agreement between the Mayor of Bristol and First Group announced this week will give Patchway a 24-hour bus service on six days of the week from 24th March. The no. 75 Hengrove to Cribbs Causeway route, which runs along Coniston Road in Patchway, will operate hourly in both directions between midnight and 5am. While the 75 will operate
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Primary schools in Patchway registered mixed performances in the 2012 Key Stage 2 (KS2) tests, the results of which were published recently. Holy Family led the field locally with the highest percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in both maths and English (94%, compared to an average of 79% for all state-funded schools in South Gloucestershire). Holy Family also
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