The inaugural hosting of a weekly 5km parkrun on Saturday mornings in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve is set to take place today (20th July). Discussions about hosting a parkrun in Bradley Stoke have been going on ever since the Little Stoke Park parkrun ceased operating in April 2016.
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Housebuilder sponsors BSCS Primary Phase summer fair with £750 donation
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has supported Bradley Stoke Community School Primary Phase by sponsoring their annual summer fair, on behalf of the developer’s nearby Brooklands Park development in Stoke Gifford, located only two and a half miles away. Crest Nicholson donated a total of £750 towards the event held on Saturday 22nd June…
Continue readingLeisure centre turns green following major solar panel investment
New solar panels generating more than 360,000kWh of clean energy and saving 75 tonnes of carbon a year have been installed at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The panels cover 1,875m2 of the leisure centre’s roof and in summer will convert enough daylight/sunlight into electrical energy to power the entire 7,000m2 site.
Continue readingTrench Lane boot sale starts again this Sunday (12th May)
A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke will reopen for the 2024 season this coming Sunday (12th May), organisers have told the Journal. The weekly Trench Lane Boot Sale usually runs until the end of October. Fields at the site are being mown today (Saturday) in preparation for Sunday’s reopening.
Continue readingMore homes in Bradley Stoke to receive soft plastics recycling collections
More homes in Bradley Stoke are to be included in an ongoing trial of the collection of plastic bags and wrapping from households as part of the normal weekly recycling collections. The packaging that can be recycled for the trial includes all plastic bags and wrappers, for example packets and packaging from sweets, crisps, multipack wrapping, sleeves from plastic bottles…
Continue readingElectric vehicle charging hub now operational at the Willow Brook Centre
Osprey Charging, the UK’s leading and fastest-growing electric vehicle (EV) rapid-charging network, has boosted access to public charging in South Gloucestershire with 16 high-powered EV chargers installed within the car park of the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke. The 300kW rapid-charge points are universally compatible and can typically add 100 miles of range in just 15 minutes.
Continue readingInternational Women’s Day event in Bradley Stoke this Friday (8th March 2024)
International Women’s Day will be celebrated at an event in Bradley Stoke this Friday (8th March) when an innovative community textile project will be launched. The project will see representatives of Bradley Stoke Town Council and Southern Brooks working with local schools and community groups to produce pieces of embroidery which can be sewn onto a red dress.
Continue readingTown council spends £8,753 to install Christmas lights at three roundabouts
Illuminated Christmas-themed motifs have been installed on lamp posts surrounding three roundabouts on Bradley Stoke Way following a town council decision to allocate a first-year budget of £10,000 for the initiative. The costs incurred to date are £4,157 to purchase the motifs, £2,400 to install power supplies and £1,980 to erect and take down the motifs.
Continue readingTown council to install £65,000+ suite of gym equipment on Jubilee Green
Bradley Stoke Town Council has announced plans to install a suite of free-to-use outdoor gym equipment on Jubilee Green, adjacent to the existing Beacon Play Area. Following lengthy discussions that have spanned several years, councillors have agreed to proceed with the project which has a estimated cost of between £65,000 and £90,000.
Continue readingEmergency bleed kit installed outside Brook Way Activity Centre
A potentially life-saving emergency bleed control kit has been installed outside Brook Way Activity Centre in Bradley Stoke, thanks to partnership working between Avon and Somerset Police, NHS England South West and HeartSafe. The installation marked the start of Operation Sceptre, a national week of action to raise awareness of operational activity to tackle, disrupt and prevent knife crime.
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