An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. The plan for our March workday was to improve the wetlands (the area by the Braydon gate entrance). We welcomed two newbies, Emma and Megan, and then headed off to the marsh, with a sort of plan! We’ve bought a book on wetland management but haven’t read
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Police are warning householders in Bradley Stoke to make sure their properties are secure following two burglaries on Great Meadow Road last night (Wednesday 13th/Thursday 14th April), including one in which the homeowner was threatened by an intruder. The first incident is reported to have taken place just after 4.30am at a property on Great Meadow Road. A male gained
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Children at Baileys Court Primary School were joined by marathon runner and local mum of two, Sharon Hicks, on Friday 18th March; together they held a sponsored running event which raised money for Sport Relief and MS-UK. A few weeks earlier, Sharon had presented a special assembly in the school where she showed children a video of the London Marathon,
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With the future of the Little Stoke parkrun under threat after Stoke Gifford Parish Council signalled its intention to levy a charge of £1 per runner towards the maintenance costs of Little Stoke Park, it has been revealed that Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve (LNR) is being considered as an alternative venue for the popular Saturday morning running
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Town Mayor Roger Avenin recently attended a community event to mark ‘Holi‘ in Bradley Stoke. The South Gloucestershire Asian Project had utilised publicly available backing from Bradley Stoke Town Council’s grant funding, which supports non-profit organisations and community groups. The Mayor was invited along with other councillors to partake in the event. Cllr Avenin commented: “I would like to publicly thank the South Gloucestershire
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A group of local business people who were meeting as the Bradley Stoke Small Business Forum, held a launch event for their new group in on Monday 14th March. The launch of the new Bristol Small Business Forum was designed to showcase the informal networking group, and provide an opportunity for a wider audience to experience the benefits of membership
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The Dragon Tang Soo Do Championships came to Bradley Stoke Community School on Saturday 19th March, with around ten clubs taking part, including those from Bristol, Portishead and Bournemouth. It was a successful event for members of Bradley Stoke Dragon Tang Soo Do Club, which saw three of its adult members and four juniors come away with trophies and
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The Little Stoke parkun on 19th March saw a record turnout from members of Bradley Stoke based North Bristol Running Group (NBRG), including many “graduates” from the group’s recent ‘Couch to 5k’ course that had started on 29th January. ‘Couch to 5k’ is a beginners’ programme that the group runs two or three times a year. It involves exercises and
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Bradley Stoke’s new concrete skate park, commissioned by the town council at a cost approaching £300,000, is now available for use by members of the public following a low profile “soft opening” on Monday 14th March. Floodlights, allowing year-round use of the facility up to its official closing time of 9.30pm, are due to be installed over the next few
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An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. Primrose Bridge Last year we planted daffodils in the banks of Primrose Bridge but this year we took full advantage of Almondsbury Garden Centre’s primrose week and planted quite a few primroses! We hope you enjoy them. Further along Bradley Stoke Way, we had planted a mix of
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