South Gloucestershire’s three-day Heritage Open Days event may be coming to an end but there’s still chance to visit a number of local places of interest this Sunday (11th September). Winterbourne Medieval Barn, just the other side of the M4 from Bradley Stoke, will be open to the public from 2pm – 5pm. Demonstrations of a 200-year-old cider press will
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Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti is to once again run the Bristol Half Marathon this Sunday (11th September), to raise money for the Royal British Legion (RBL), Stoke Gifford Branch, Poppy Appeal. The Royal British Legion is the country’s largest welfare charity. It spends £1.4 million every week supporting current and ex-servicemen and their families. The Poppy Appeal,
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Work is due to start today (5th September) on the implementation of a series of traffic calming measures at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The Centre says the measures are designed to help drivers obey the speed limits that are currently in place throughout the car park and on the approach road, ensuring pedestrian safety is paramount. The measures are
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Police are warning cyclists to be on the alert after a spate of bicycle thefts from streets across South Gloucestershire last month. Thieves have targeted bikes left outside leisure centres, youth clubs and shops in areas as diverse as Bradley Stoke, Staple Hill, Stoke Gifford, Thornbury and Yate. Police have stepped up patrols and are liaising with local bike shops
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[Advertising Feature] After 13 years of running her successful Bradley Stoke Kumon Study Centre on Mondays and Thursdays after school, local instructor Sarah Nutchey is to open a new class on Saturday mornings. After talking to local parents who work full time, and find it difficult to bring their children along after school, she has responded to the demand to
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Volunteers from Bradley Stoke Radio will be entertaining shoppers in the Willow Brook Centre this Saturday (3rd September). Since the launch of the station earlier this year, Bradley Stoke Radio has had a successful two week broadcast on FM (from 4th to 18th June) and, following a short break for recuperation, has continued to broadcast online via its website. The
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Residents in Bradley Stoke are being asked to comment on a proposed raised zebra crossing to make walking to school safer for local children. The 2011 Travel Plan for Holy Trinity Primary School has identified an increase in the number of drivers failing to stop at the zebra crossing outside the school on Pear Tree Road [Street View]. Speed surveys
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Town Councillors have urged residents concerned by proposed changes to bus services in Bradley Stoke to attend tonight’s Southern Brooks Area Forum meeting in Filton. Residents attending last week’s Town Council Planning Committee meeting were advised that the changes were a commercial decision by the operator, Wessex Connect, and not South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Protests by bus users and Journal
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is celebrating another set of excellent GCSE grades – obtained by the second year of students to pass through the school. Headteacher Dave Baker said: “We are delighted to share the successful outcomes for our second cohort of students at Bradley Stoke Community School; they have surpassed the high standards set for the school in
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is now making it even easier for people to recycle their cardboard waste by providing local residents with a free bag. According to information on the SGC website, the bags are now available for collection from Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre and Bradley Stoke Library on a “one per household, first come, first served basis whilst stocks
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