A number of accessible benches have been installed around a popular walking route in Patchway. Six bright red ‘Balmoral’ style benches have been positioned at various points around the Patchway walking trails which link routes in the area to local amenities including shops and health services. The benches have been specially designed to be accessible to a wide range of
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The Bristol Aero Collection Trust has been awarded a £2 million grant from the LIBOR fund (of fines imposed on banks) to support the creation of the Bristol Aerospace Centre, an aerospace industrial museum and learning centre on Filton’s historic airfield site, one of the birthplaces of British aviation. The new museum will be located on the Patchway side of
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A new civil parish has been created in north Bristol after the Stoke Lodge area was separated from Patchway following a campaign by local councillors. The parish of Stoke Lodge and The Common, with an electorate of around 1,700, was officially created on 1st April 2015. Until the elections in May, when councillors will be elected for the first time,
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By Jade Stott (Volunteer Coordinator) and Gayle La Croix (Operations Manager) of the Wild Place Project. The Wild Place Project, located near Cribbs Causeway, is a fun, family attraction that provides outdoor adventure, play and learning. Opened by the Bristol Zoological Society, with an emphasis on protecting threatened habitats on our doorsteps and around the globe, the Wild Place Project aims
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A donation of high-visibility vests to a Patchway school will help ensure the pupils can “stay safe and be seen” during the winter months. As part of Specsavers’ national sponsorship of Road Safety Week (coordinated annually by Brake), the store at Unit 30, The Mall, Cribbs Causeway handed over hundreds of high-visibility vests to Callicroft Primary School at the beginning of December. Gaurav
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South Gloucestershire Council has teamed up with the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) to host a job fair and advice day in Patchway. The event takes place on Friday 31st October at the Patchway Community Centre on Rodway Road, from 10am to 2pm. Its aim is to provide an opportunity for jobseekers to meet with a variety of employers and talk face
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Residents of Charlton Hayes are invited to a community BBQ and fun day on Saturday (18th October), organised by the community development worker and resident volunteers. The fun day, which runs from 12pm to 2.30pm, will be a celebration of autumn and will also give residents the opportunity to learn about safety on a building site (construction industry mascot Ivor Goodsite
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Patchway Post Office, in Rodway Road, is to be changed into a new ‘main’ style branch that offers some services over extended opening hours. The post office will close for refurbishment at 5.30pm on Monday 1st September. When it reopens ten days later, at 1pm on Thursday 11th September, the branch, which is located inside the Spar convenience store, will have
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Charlton Hayes residents are being given the opportunity to give their feedback on what it is like to live in a new development. Some residents have been living in this evolving community for close on three years, while the development grows ever bigger. The consultation will look at issues such as the impact of parking, anti-social behaviour, the needs for
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The second Charlton Hayes Fun Day takes place on Saturday 12th July from 10am to 1pm at the Temporary Green on Ringsfield Lane (located off Wood Street in the Long Leaze part of the development). Residents will be able to meet the newly appointed landscape architect from Bovis Homes, who will be sharing plans for the development. There will also
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