Community Engagement Forum for Bradley Stoke and Stoke Lodge.

Community Engagement Forum to discuss local issues in Bradley Stoke

The next Community Engagement Forum (CEF) for Bradley Stoke and Stoke Lodge takes places at 7pm on Thursday 12th October, at Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road, Bradley Stoke BS32 8BH. Community Engagement Forums, previously known as Safer and Stronger Community Groups are about listening and responding to local people’s real issues. People in their communities know best what works for

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Weather puts dampener on open air cinema

Big screen entertainment came to the town square at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre on Saturday 16th September when local residents were invited to bring chairs and blankets to watch a programme of three feature films. The free event, organised by the Willow Brook Centre with the support of Bradley Stoke Radio, had attracted great interest when it was

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Photo of Conservation group members presenting a copy of ‘Bobby the Brown Long-Eared Bat’’ to the library.

Three Brooks nature reserve in September

An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. All things batty! Thanks to the generosity of Bradley Stoke Town Council, our ‘bat walks’, unlike those in many other places, are free to the public – although I’m sure their continued popularity has as much to do with Avon Bat Group’s Stewart Rowdon’s engaging manner as with

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CCTV image of two men whom police are keen to trace.

Bradley Stoke home targeted in series of gold burglaries on same day

Police are appealing for information after items of gold jewellery were stolen during break-ins at homes in Bradley Stoke, Filton and Shirehampton on Monday 2nd October. A fourth break-in, also on Monday, at a property in Westbury-on-Trym, is also being investigated. The first happened in the Three Brooks Lane area of Bradley Stoke between 8.45am and 12.45pm. The thieves scaled a six-foot garden fence to

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Photo of traffic using the new bus lane at the southern end of Bradley Stoke Way.

MetroBus build: September report

By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. South of Patchway Brook Traffic management has now been removed, with the exception of one final section near Primrose Bridge, which has been left in place so that a pollution control chamber can be installed. We await the design solution to install this equipment as the underground utilities that are there

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Bradley Stoke Carnival parade in Savages Wood Road.

Community-run carnival proves a hit

Andy Ward reports on this year’s Bradley Stoke Carnival, which took place on Saturday 26th August. The event opened with the traditional carnival parade processing along Brook Way led by the City of Bristol Pipes and Drums and with entries from the Bradley Stoke community, including amongst others, a great entry from the Bradley Stoke Lions Club featuring, of course,

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